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Country Life, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 0x0x0. Illustrated with 32 plates and 21 maps and diagrams. Light corner wear. Foxing to end papers. Interior pages and unmarked. Dust Jacket, is tattered, has light soiling. First edition. Oversize/Overweight: additional postage may apply.
The Pheasants of the World by Jean Delacour - 1977
by Jean Delacour
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The Pheasants of the World
by Jean Delacour
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England: Spur Publications; The World Pheasant Association, 1977 . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11.5" by 9". J. C. Harrison; R. David Digby . The revised second edition of this significant ornithological work by Jean Delacour in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of The Pheasants of the World by Jean Delacour in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Revised edition by Spur Publications and The World Pheasant Association. First published in 1951. Densely illustrated with thirty two colour plates by J. C. Harrington and twenty one maps and diagrams, including the colour frontispiece by R. David Digby. Collated, complete. Jean Delacour was a French-American Ornithologist best known for discovering some of the rarest birds in the world. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. There is some slight wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper, including some small creases and light marks. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Illustrator J. C. Harrison; R. David Digby
- Format/Binding Cloth
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- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Spur Publications; The World Pheasant Association
- Place of Publication England
- Date Published 1977
- Size 11.5" by 9"
- Keywords Jean Delacour Pheasants Second edition Colour plates Pheasants
- Size 11.5\" by 9\"
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean; Illustrated by J.C. Harrison
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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Rochester, New York, United States
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London, United Kingdom: Country Life Limited, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 9" x 11 1/4. Harrison, J.C. ISigned. GOOD / DUST JACKET FAIR. Signed by author at half-title page. 351pp. Text clean and unmarked. Top edge red. Illustrated with 16 full color plates and 16 monochrome plates throughout the text. Light green cloth boards with red compartments at front and spine, bordered and lettered in gilt. Boards lightly age-toned, corners rubbed, top corners bumped, spine top and tail rubbed. Dust jacket protected in library dust jacket cover, slightly toned and soiled, spine toned, top of spine chipped, with a repair and a small area of loss. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.
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Pheasants of the World (Second Revised Edition)
by Delacour, Jean
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- Acceptable to Good Dust Jacket
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- 9781852591380 / 1852591382
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
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United Kingdom : Spur Publications, 1977. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Acceptable to Good/Acceptable to Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. J. C. Harrison . 395 pp. Tightly bound. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt type face on the front board and spine. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Acceptable to good dust jacket. The dust jacket is dark green with images of pheasants on the front and back. This copy is the 1989 printing of the 1977 publication. Contains 32 plates of which 16 and in color. PLEASE NOTE the reasons for the lower "acceptable to good" rating: (1) The top corners of the boards and pages are bumped, not affecting the text. (2) The four corners are bumped. (3) The lower right corner of the dust jacket and front board are bumped resulting in a tear to the jacket and the cloth. About 1/2" inch of the cloth at the lower corner is slightly rough to the feel. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to…
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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1957. Country Life limited edition. Hardcover, 4to., 351 pp. Illus. with 32 color plates and 21 maps and diagrams. Very good in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light edgewear to DJ.
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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London: Country Life, 1965. Fourth Impression.. A few faint rub marks on the spine, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 351, 32 full page plates after paintings by J. C. Harrison – 16 are in full color, 21 distribution maps and diagrams. Red cloth in simulated leather style, lettered in gilt on the spine label, 4to. This is the fourth impression of the first edition published in 1965. The title page is signed by the author, Jean Delacour. Name stamp of Ron Sauey Memorial Library on front and rear endpapers and the top page edge, blank paper pocket on the rear endpaper, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Ron Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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The Pheasants Of The World
by Delacour Jean
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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London: Country Life, 1964 32 plates by J.C. Harrison, 16 in colour; 2 text illustrations; 19 maps; Foreword by William Beebe; Hardback: light grey cloth, red lettering-pieces, decorated in gilt, top edge red, title-page printed in red and black, large quarto; A few spots from old damp to 1 of the lettering-pieces, else near fine in used g dustwrapper.
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Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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Bucknell, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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Country Life Books, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1st 1951 HB Country LIfe; good in good jacket which has a long closed tear on jacket hinge; inside clean
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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Arrington, Virginia, United States
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London: Country Life Limited, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1951. First Edition. A very good hardcover in a chipped dust jacket. A seasons greeting card from Delacour (not signed) with a photo Le Chateua de Cleres laid in. 32 plates, 16 of which are in color. Maps.
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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Liss: Spur Publications, 2005. 3rd imp.. Nice copy. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 395pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index,
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The Pheasants of the World
by Delacour, Jean
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- 4th impression,1965
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West New York, New Jersey, United States
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Country Life Limited. 4th impression,1965. Good/Good hard cover. small 4to,cloth,351pp,illus with 32 plates by J.C. Harrison & 21 maps & diagrams. small tears,chips,tanning,foot price clipped,light soiling,dust jacket now in protective covering. light shelfwear,some color leeching top front,cover. light ripple,edges tanned,slight yellowing,stress at gutter page 128 else tight,clean,text. wild animals.
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