Search Results: Authors starting with V from Z & Z Books

Smithsonian Books, 2004. Illustrations, graphs, bibliography, index, 194 pages.. New.

London: Minerva Press Ltd., 1974. Unpaged Introduction by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. Text translated from the Latin by Spencer Savage. First published in 1615, an important anthology of the flowers to be found in a cultivated Dutch 17th-century garden. Reproduces 100 full-page black & white plates, divided among the four seasons, each flower described. Name in ink on front free endsheet. 1/4" brown line marks a few pages in front . Unclipped Dj in Brodart cover. Top edge gold gilt.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo. (8 1/2" x 11" horizontal).

The John Day Company, 1940. Dust jacket with very light wear. Tight, clean copy.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Lippincott, 1972. Remainder mark, dust jacket mostly there but with chips, tears, one chunk missing. Book clean and tight. Part of the "Living World" series. It is NOT ex-lib.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. 1st Ballantine printing U2214 with a cover price of 50 cents. Inside covers tanned on edges.. Paperback. Very Good.

Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1989. Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London Number 11. Photos, ills., 4 color plates, biblio, index, 429pp. Contains a new introduction and updated bibliograpy. Clean and crisp.. Large Paperback. Very Good.

London: Academic Press, 1984. Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London Number 11. Photos, ills., 4 color plates, biblio, index, 429pp. The very scarce hardcover edition. Cover/spine has has some areas of darkening, but still very legible. Inside appears never read, clean, crisp and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1967. Photos, illustrations, 218 pages.. Scarce. Nice, clean, tight hardcover in dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins, 1939. Photos, 180pp plus appendix. Appears never opened, clean and crisp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

Medical Economics Books, 1983. One tiny area of wear, otherwise like new, appears never opened.. Hardcover. As New.

Kent: Volair Limited, 1979. 70 full color plates, full leather binding with raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering, marble endpapers, AEG, 291pp. Number 125 of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Reprint of Vieillot's classic work published in 12 parts from 1805 to 1809 under the title "Histoire Naturelle des plus Beaux Oiseaux de la Zone Torride".. Full-Leather. Fine. Folio.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Illustrations, 409 pages. Nice copy. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Random House, 1970. With Two Unpublished Letters and a Chronological List of Important Events. Bibliography, index, 237 pages. . Paperback. Very Good.

London: Hutchinson, 1952. 230pp. ills., 8 color plates. chipped dj with small tears on bottom edge and discolored spine. Von Michaelis, distinguished South African bird artist and expert in aviation gliding, details his experience in raising and training hawks and owls, and experiences with other birds; illustrated with his b&w sketches and color plates. Second part of book examines raptor flight, thermal currents and soaring. Foreword by the Marquess of Willingdon.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Von Michaelis, H.. 4to..

London: Hutchinson, 1952. 230pp. ills., 8 color plates. Von Michaelis, distinguished South African bird artist and expert in aviation gliding, details his experience in raising and training hawks and owls, and experiences with other birds; illustrated with his b&w sketches and color plates. Second part of book examines raptor flight, thermal currents and soaring. Chipped, foxed DJ with small tears, top/bottom edges. Light foxing on end sheets.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Von Michaelis, H.. 4to..

New York: Viking Penguin, 1980. Small rip top of spine, otherwise fine., 324 color and b&w photos, 252 pages.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Utrecht: De Walburg Pers, 1983. Color plates, map endpapers, index, 327 pages. A few tiny written notes in margins. English edition. Very nice copy.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge, MA: Mit Press, 1989. 320pp. ills., color plates. 47 northern owl species with detailed descriptions, each illustrated with a beautiful full-page color plate and a page of b&w sketches. Distribution maps, List of common and scientific names, bibliography, index.. First American Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Illus. by Cameron, A. (illustrator). 4to..