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Published by The Scientific Book Club. London. 1955., 1955
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1955). (1954) 1955 Book Club edition. 8vo (140 x 221mm). Ppviii,149. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by Phillida and John Mead, b/w location maps. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Foxing to edges and end-papers. Boards slightly marked. Good-plus in dust-wrapper with small tear. 15s. 0d. "Continuing his renowned studies of the individual lives of marine creatures, begun with [the books] Shearwaters, and Puffins, R.M. Lockley has written this study of the breeding of the Atlantic or grey seal .Puzzled by many aspects of its behaviour during many years of casual watching of the seals, the author decided to spend a whole breeding-season with them." Lockley took, as object of his study, a colony inhabiting a small cove beneath cliffs, which was inaccessible except by boat, and even then only just. Here is an account of a year's observations of the undisturbed home life of a Welsh seal colony. .
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby.
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.
Published by London : H.F. & G. Witherby, 1943
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 pp. illus. (incl. plans) plates, 20 cm. Subjects; Agriculture Skokholm Island. Wales. Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Published by Andre Deutsch. London. 1977., 1978
ISBN 10: 0233969284ISBN 13: 9780233969282
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
(Hardcover, 1977 ). 1977 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 223mm). Pp332. B/w illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe, maps. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy in dust-wrapper. "Almost by chance Ronald Lockley acquired the neglected Orielton estate in Pembrokeshire. With the estate came a family: it included birds, badgers, rabbits, hares, stoats, bats, ants and other interesting wildlife inhabitants." This is Lockley's account of the natural history of the estate which includes "something of the history and adventures of the family that lived at Orielton for seven centuries. [And we] learn how the estate was preserved from threatened exploitation, to remain as Ronald Lockley had planned - a centre for the conservation and study of all that we value in nature and the countryside." .
Published by Newton Abbot : Readers Union Group of Book Clubs, 1979
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book Club Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 268 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. Continued by The island. Subjects: Lockley, R. M. (Ronald Mathias) - 1903-2000. Naturalists - Wales - Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by London : H.F. & G. Witherby, 1943
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 191 pp. illus. (incl. plans) plates, 20 cm. Subjects; Agriculture Skokholm Island. Wales. Description and travel. 1 Kg.
Published by Palala Press, 2018
ISBN 10: 1378267125ISBN 13: 9781378267127
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: new.
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons. London. 1954., 1954
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1954 ). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 217mm). Ppvii,149. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by Phillida and John Mead, b/w location maps. Gilt seal motif to blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Stains to end-papers. Good copy in stained and used dust-wrapper. "Continuing his renowned studies of the individual lives of marine creatures, begun with [the books] Shearwaters, and Puffins, R.M. Lockley has written this study of the breeding of the Atlantic or grey seal .Puzzled by many aspects of its behaviour during many years of casual watching of the seals, the author decided to spend a whole breeding-season with them." Lockley took, as object of his study, a colony inhabiting a small cove beneath cliffs, which was inaccessible except by boat, and even then only just. Here is an account of a year's observations of the undisturbed home life of a Welsh seal colony. .
Published by Crosby Lockwood & Son. London. 1953., 1953
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
(Hardcover, 1953 ). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (121 x 191mm). Ppviii,119,ad. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in light green. Slight browning and book-seller's label to end-papers and edges but very good in dust-wrapper. In this "history and importance of bird-ringing, the authors illustrate and describe the technique of handling and ringing, and the various traps and nets by which birds are caught. There is a chapter on recording in theoffice, and on equipment in the field; and an outline for a model study of a bird by the ringing method. As an introduction and handbook for beginner and expert alike, this book is indespensable". .
Published by Newton Abbot : Readers Union Group of Book Clubs, 1979
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book Club Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 268 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. Continued by The island. Subjects: Lockley, R. M. (Ronald Mathias) - 1903-2000. Naturalists - Wales - Biography. 1 Kg.
Published by London : George G. Harrap, 1940
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Third Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 299 p. : maps ; 22 cm. Subjects; Birds Islands of the Atlantic. Skokholm Island (Wales). Helgoland (Germany). Faroe Islands. Islands of the Atlantic Description and travel. Islands of the Celtic Sea. 1 Kg.
Published by Andre Deutsch. London. 1969., 1969
ISBN 10: 0233960902ISBN 13: 9780233960906
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
(Hardcover, 1969 ). 1969 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 215mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations, end paper maps and dust-wrapper design by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Yellow-mottled brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used and price-clipped dust-wrapper. "The island of Skokholm, tiny and remote, off the wild coast of Pembrokeshire, where Ronald Lockley, as a young man, went to study the tens of thousands of wild creatures living there. Mr. Lockley tells of his struggle to wrest a living from this desolate place, at first alone, later with his wife and daughter. Of the rabbits and plagues of locusts: a fascinating study for the naturalist, a perpetual danger to the farmer. But it is the birds that are at the centre of this book - shearwaters, puffins, guillemots and petrels - 80,000 breeding birds on a mere 240 acres. With wit and delicacy, Mr. Lockley interprets the intricate family affairs of the shearwaters. We follow, astonished, the series of experiments that unravelled the mysterious instinct which sends these small birds annually half way round the world and back, and which can guide them home, 3,000 miles across an unknown ocean. In recent years, Skokholm has become a nature reserve and an observatory of international importance and repute. It is also a sanctuary for those visitors who come to share briefly the serenity and beauty which Ronald Lockley imparts so vividly." Chapters include: The discovery; Possession; Winter; Spring; Cocklollies; Mystery of migration; Puffins; Rabbits; Guillemots; Mother Carey's Chickens; L'Envoi. .
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby. London. 1931., 1931
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1930). (1930) 1931 1st edition reprint. Pp192. B/w plates & text sketches by D. Lockley, end-paper maps. Light tan cloth, titled & illustrated in black / dark brown. Slightly bumped but a good copy. Ronald Lockley's first description of the days and years spent on the lonely Welsh island of Skokholm, the story of the rebuilding of the house - largely out of a fortuitous wreck, of the remaking of the farm, of shepherding, fishing, sailing and bird-watching. The book breathes the author's deep understanding of nature, and shows how two happy mortals found a life of true peace away from the struggle of the crowd. .
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : From Colwall Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Physical description: 186 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 177). Subjects: Puffins; Fratercula; Puffins; Alcidae; Puffinus; Birds, Charadriiformes; Zoology. 1 Kg.
Published by London : George G. Harrap, 1940
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Third Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 299 p. : maps ; 22 cm. Subjects; Birds Islands of the Atlantic. Skokholm Island (Wales). Helgoland (Germany). Faroe Islands. Islands of the Atlantic Description and travel. Islands of the Celtic Sea. 1 Kg.
Published by White Lion Publishers. London. 1976., 1976
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Signed
Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1976). (1939) 1976 new edition. Small 8vo (132 x 201mm). Pp123. B/w photograph plates and maps. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped, slight tanning to end-papers and edges but good-plus copy. Title-page signed by the author. "This is the true story of eight-year-old Ann and of one of the glorious summers she spent as the only child on the tiny island of Skokholm, which lies in the Atlantic Ocean not far from the coast of Wales". .
Published by London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1953
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance : From Colwall Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Physical description: 186 pages, illustrations, 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (page 177). Subjects: Puffins; Fratercula; Puffins; Alcidae; Puffinus; Birds, Charadriiformes; Zoology. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Collins, 1945
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of B. Kalsbeek with his bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages; Physical description: 47 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ), maps (1 col. ) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Islands - Great Britain - Description and travel. Series: Britain in pictures / The British people in pictures. 1 Kg.
Published by Readers Union. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1976., 1976
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1976 ). (1964) 1976 RU edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Pp152. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Pages uniformly browned else very good in dusty dust-wrapper. "Mr Lockley's research on the rabbit, undertaken as part of the Nature Conservancy's investigation of the myxomatosis plague, was a classic piece of field work." Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, wrote the introduction to the 1976 edition, in which he explains that having roughed the narrative out, he used The Private Life of The Rabbit as his guide to the actual facts of the life of rabbits. Filled with diagrams of warrens, the ranges of rabbit territories, as well as good, relevant photographs, and an informative text, this book is of great use to anyone who wants to understand more about the humble rabbit. .
Published by London : Collins, 1945
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of B. Kalsbeek with his bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages; Physical description: 47 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ), maps (1 col. ) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Islands - Great Britain - Description and travel. Series: Britain in pictures / The British people in pictures. 1 Kg.
Published by George C. Harrap and Co. London. 1949., 1949
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
(Hardcover, 1949). (1939) 1949 reprint. 8vo (134 x 202mm). Pp77. B/w photographs, maps. Black seagulls motif to red cloth, spine titled in black. Clean cloth, usual slight tanning. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Written down and photographed by R.M. Lockley." "This is a children's book about the now famous island of Skokholm, off the South Wales coast. It describes the adventures of Ann Lockley, the author's eight-year-old daughter, among the razor-bills, puffins and shearwaters .seals, ponies and sheep on the island which the Lockleys brought back into cultivation". .
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. London., 1946
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Becoming scarce. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Published by London : Collins, 1946
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. ; Teal cover has light wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Small erasure in corner of front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Several color plates plus b&w illustrations. Dust jacket has light wear to the extremities but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).
Published by D. Appleton-Century Company, New York; London, 1939
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, very good. Full green cloth with black lettering on the spine. Numerous black and white photos. Lovely pictorial dust jacket -- quite rare -- shows a sylized bird on flying over an island. Quarter inch ships to the top of spine and a few frew small chips to the bottom. Still a lovely book to have, hold and look at. Ronald Mathias Lockley (November 8, 1903 - April 12, 2000 (aged 96)) was a Welsh naturalist and author who spent much of his later life in New Zealand. In 1927 Lockley took over the lease of the island of Skokholm, Pembrokeshire, establishing the first British bird observatory there in 1933. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.