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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Bishop, Richard (illustrator). A couple brown marks to rear board. No jacket. Previous owner name and bookplate.
Published by Edgar M. Queeny, 1962
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Quarto in gray colored cloth binding. Color frontispiece; B&W illustrations. Condition: lower corners bumped; else near fine. Pages: xiv, 256.
Published by Philadelphia & NY: Ducks Unlimited. xiv + 256 p. 1946, 1946
Seller: ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Richard E. Bishop, Edgar M. Queeny (illustrator). 1st Edition. Sm. Folio Illus by Richard E. Bishop. 1st Trade Ed. -Still one of the best waterfowl flight study books of all times. Wing beats of waterfowl captured on movie film, then transposed to explanatary sketches by Bishop. [Cat. 47-205 & 62-290.] Dampstained externally; As Is; Good.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket as issued. 1000 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners lightly bumped. Some light handling on the boards and spine. Text and images unmarked. xiii, 255pp.
Published by Ducks Unlimited, Inc., New York, 1946
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Buckram. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Bishop, Richard E. (illustrator). First Edition. First edition in near fine condition with tan buckram, brown printing on cover and spine and gilt circle with raised bird image. Upper front corner is slightly bumped. Attractive owner bookplate on first glued down endpaper. Fully illustrated with black and white photos, photographs in series and diagrams. Study of the dynamics and techniques of bird flight. Essential for nature or bird lovers' library. xiii, 255 numbered pp. Nature, Birds, Flight, Ornithology.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 1947
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. 31 x 23 cm. Quarto. 256 pages. Grey cloth in dust jacket. There is a small water stain to the front of the dust jacket as well as the front of the boards. Some chipping to the jacket.
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1947
Seller: DDRBOOKS, Watertown, SD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Richard E. Bishop (illustrator). First Edition, Thus. Originally published by Ducks Unlimited in 1946, then made available to the public in 1947 with the Lippincott publication. Over 100 black/white camera shots of ducks in flight Incredible pictures and very unusual information about ducks. A rare collector's iten.
Published by LIPPINCOTT, Philadelphia, 1947
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: NF/G. First Edition. Bound in beige buckram with gold duck onlay. Extraordinary photographs of waterfowl in flight complented by black and white drawings and tissue-guarded colour frontis by Bishop. Book in lovely condition, the fragile jacket very worn with a number of chips and missing pieces. 256 pp.
Published by J.B.Lippincott & Co.; Ducks Unlimited, Philadelphia, PA ,USA., 1947
Seller: Sierra Rose Antiques, Minden, NV, U.S.A.
Richard E. Bishop (illustrator). nFINE/VG+. Large, tan linen binding, brown titling, gold enbossed seal of Ducks Unlimited; decorated endpapers; po name neatly on ffep; tissued frontis. Jacket in Brodart. This is the groundbreaking photographic study done 1946 by Ducks Unlimited of ducks in flight - the study of how their wing beats create lift and allow elegant aeronautical ballet. A highly sought book - scarce with jacket. Jacket complete, with mild chipping at top of spine and front overleaf only ; twin design to front board. Large book. USA delivery only. Medial mail. [B228].
Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1947
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine Condition. Illustrated with a color frontispiece drawing and numerous black & white sketches by Bishop and over 130 black & white photographs. Bound in publisher's original ivory cloth with title stamped in brown and the seal of Ducks Unlimited stamped in gilt on the front cover and with the title stamped in brown on the spine.
Published by Ducks Unlimited, Inc. iv + 256 p., New York:, 1946
Seller: ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Explanatory Sketches by Richard E. Bishop. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Small Folio illus. Explanatory Sketches by Richard E. Bishop. 1st Ed.[Cat. 58-258.] Very Fine no DJ.
Published by Ducks Unlimited, New York, 1946
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine Condition. 1st. With over 120 illusrations and photographs. Explanatory sketches facing the photographs and further elucidated by captions. Signature of former owner on front cover of first free endpaper. In publisher's original ivory cloth with title stamped in brown and the seal of Ducks Unlimited stamped in gilt.
Published by Ducks Unlimited, New York, 1946
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Book fine, Dust jacket fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Dust jacket chipped and worn at extremities. Dust jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Bishop, Richard (illustrator). Limited/Numbered. 1 of 225 copies signed by author and artist. Bound in pigskin. Slight darkening to to top of spine. In a near fine slipcase with light wear. Signed by Author(s).