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35 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
A PRICKLY AFFAIR - The Charm of the Hedgehog.
Warwick, Hugh, · 2010
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Penguin, London, 2010, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xvi, 279pp, line drawings in text, [vi] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, a book that explores the humour, misunderstanding and affection that colours our relationship with hedgehogs as well as describing the...
A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY.
Bircham, Peter, · 2007
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Collins, London, 2007, 1st edn., paperback, xii, 482pp, coloured and half tone ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the New Naturalist Library series, published simultaneously with the hardback edition, lightly rub...
A GUIDE TO SEABIRDS ON THE OCEAN ROUTES.
Tuck, Captain Gerald S., · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Collins, London, 1980, 1st edn., 144pp, map, 58 in text line drawings by Norman Arlott, maps at endpapers, pictorial cloth covered boards, a guide to the birds to be found on twenty-five main ocean routes (see or ask for plan at endpapers) at most seasons of the year, with a ...
WILDLIFE BEGINS AT HOME.
Soper, Tony (ills. by Robert Gillmor), · 1976
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Book Club Associates, London, 1976, club edn., 128pp, pictorial double title, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an introductuion to the wild animals which share our homes and gardens, upper ...
THE COMMON GROUND - A place for nature in Britain's future?.
Mabey, Richard, · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Hutchinson, London, 1980, 1st edn., 20pp coloured and16pp half tone photo ills., map, line drawings and diagrams in text, light green cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, published by Hutchinson in association with the Nature Conservan...
COBBETT'S COUNTRY BOOK - An Anthology of William Cobbett's Writings on Country Matters.
Cobbett, William (selected and intro. by Richard Ingrams), · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1975, club edn., 216pp, in text line drawings by Bert Kitchen, light blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
COBBETT'S COUNTRY BOOK - An Anthology of William Cobbett's Writings on Country Matters.
Cobbett, William (selected and intro. by Richard Ingrams), · 1975
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1975, club edn., 216pp, in text line drawings by Bert Kitchen, light blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, dustwrapper: very light soiling lower panel, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,
A HANDGUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE.
Woodcock, Martin, · 1985
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Treasure Press, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, 96pp, illustrated in colour throughout by Hermann Heinzel, pocket format about 8 x 5 inches, pictorial coloured laminated boards, a clear and simple guide to the most common birds for inexperiences bird-watchers describing and ill...
BADGERS AT MY WINDOW.
Drabble, Phil, · 1969
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pelham, London, 1969, 2nd imp., 159pp, half tone photo frontis., 16pp half tone photo ills. by Stanley Porter, dark green cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Stanley Porter, by the naturalist and broadcaster, the author's study of badgers, both h...
LIFE ON EARTH.
Attenborough, David, · 1979
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
William Collins / BBC, London, 1979, 4th imp., 319pp, numerous coloured photo ills. and 2pp Tree of Life diagram in text, large format 10 x 7 inches, heavy art paper, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, tie-in with BBC production of the same na...
COUNTRY SEASONS.
Drabble, Phil (foreword by Johnny Morris), · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sphere, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, the author '.. takes us through a full year's cycle of country seasons, and introduces us to some of the creatures, wild and tame, that share ...
BADGERS AT MY WINDOW.
Drabble, Phil, · 1976
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Fontana, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, 8pp half tone photo ills. by Stanley Porter, photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, by the naturalist and broadcaster, the author's study of badgers, both hand-reared and wild, and their relationships with him and his o...
SIX CAME FLYING.
MacSwiney of Mashanglass, Marquis, · 1989
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Asford Press, Southampstom, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, 218pp, 8pp half tone ills., the now classic story of swans, very good,
MY BEAVER COLONY.
Wilsson, Lars, · 1970
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, illustrated, fine,
NATURE WATCHER'S DIRECTORY.
Marsden, David, · 1984
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Book Club Associates, London, 1984, club edn., 224pp, 12pp col'd photo ills., numerous in text half tone and line drawings, col'd pictorial laminated boards, '...an invaluable reference book for the naturalist, with descriptions of over 200 sites for watching wildlife' (in Br...
DISCOVEREING ANIMALS.
Soper, Tony, · 1985
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Book Club Associates, London, 1985, club edn., 144pp, illustrated in colour, half tone and line, green cloth gilt, coloured pict. dw, an introduction to British wild mammals, their habaits and habitat and how to view them, bottom crnrs sl. bumped, dustwrapper: a little rubbed...
WE SAVE WILDLIFE.
Stocker, Les, · 1986
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Whittet Books, London, 1986, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone photo ills. in text, laminated col'd pictorial boards, selection of case histories from a Wildlife Hospital, top edge not cut and carelessly opened leaving several short tears, no dustwrapper, very good,
THE BIRD TABLE BOOK.
Soper, Tony, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 125pp, iii ads., 8pp half tone photo ills., many line drawings in text, paper wrappers, how to encourage birds into your garden, a little rubbed at tips, very good,
THE BIRD TABLE BOOK.
Soper, Tony, · 1977
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1977, 4th edn., 128pp, many in text ills. in colour and line, black cloth gilt, coloured pict. dw, how to encourage birds into your garden, a little bumped and rubbed at top of spine, dustwrapper: rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustw...
WHERE TO WATCH BIRDS.
Gooders, John, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Andre Deutsch, London, 1968, 2nd imp., 313pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 27 maps in text, dichromatic black/yellow cloth lettered in yellow, a county by county guide to where to watch birds in the British Isles, with plans/maps of some, a little rubbed at extrems., ink name f...