Austin L Rand (85 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. The light gray/green cloth cover has hard, straight boards with a very minor crush on the bottom of the spine, light staining on the spine and edges. The pages are lightly discolored due to age, clean, unmarked, and very firmly bound. The dust jacket has fraying and chipping on the top and bottom, and a three inch by half inch section is missing next to the spine on the back cover. This book is in fine condition with a very good dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior, with light staining to top ba ck edge of cover; in good condition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows fading, light scuffing, and a small tear at bottom end of spi ne.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. no edition, printing or copyright date stated, staining along outside bottom edges (up to 2") of boards and opposing verso of dust jacket, no stain to pages - slight wave along bottom edge of pages, mylar enclosed price-clipped dj shows very light edge wear - no tears, chips or creases, illustrated with 119 photographs with 66 of these in color.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Both book and mylar protected jacket show wear to extremities. Previous owner's info inked to front fly leaf. Nice.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 218 pages, light gray wraps. A very good, generally clean, neat soft cover with minor shelf wear, but cover color faded; interior near fine, binding tight, paper lightly yellowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Possible First Edition. Blue cloth covers with gilt title and decoration of bird. Beautiful color photographs. Size: 4to - over 93/4" - 12" tall. Huff, Edwin (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A Chanticleer Press edition. Many color and b&w photos. Clean, unmarked, solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Slight dustiness to exterior edges, owner address on front endpaper. Pictorial dust jacket with original price intact. 256pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. G/G, used, ex-library copy with the usual stamps and marks, former owners book plate on the title page, 255pp. Binding tight. Slight rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, dj taped to book.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Fair. Poor Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 311 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. Dust jacket is glued to book and is price clipped. Some shelf wear. Lower front corner is badly bumped. Interior pages are in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. older book, some wear - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Solid Copy. First Edition. Copyright Date: 1956 Sm Quarto, 1956, PP.238, Dust Jacket, Some Edge Wear And Tape Repair To Jacket. Color And B & W Photographs, Text Figures (illustrator).

Green Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR TO THE DJ, CORNERS ARE LIGHTLY BUMPED AND RUBBED, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN, COLLECTIBLE FIRST EDITION! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A BRAND NEW PROTECTIVE MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! 238 PAGES, WITH 127 PHOTOGRAPHS IN FULL COLOR, 40 PHOTOGRAPHS IN BLACK AND WHITE, AND 35 BIRD SILHOUETTES. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st printing. Hardcover, ex library with the usual markings, ; b/w illustrations throughout. "This is a reading book -- an almanac, if you will -- of the pageant of the seasons of the Midwest". dj spine label inked, pocket on last page. Andris, Ruth Ingeborg (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. Very Good -. 1955, 224pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to top pg edges, price-clipped dj, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean & unamrked. Ruth Johnson (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Good (Protective cover). tight binding; clean pages; discoloring due to age; sticker residue inside front cover; penned number inside front flap dust jacket from previous owner Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Johnson, Ruth (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. None Stated. 176 pp, B/W ill, a very nice copy with a slightly chipped and soiled jacket. Ruth Ingeborg Andris (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Calling all bird lovers, this 1967 Pelican paperback edition of Ornithology: An Introduction by Austin L. Rand would be a delightful book to add to your reading list! In this book, Austin L. Rand describes the characteristics and oddities of many of the world's most fascinating birds, from the tiny bee humming-bird to the giant ostriches and extinct birds. Colouration, display and social behaviour are analysed, together with the action of predators on the 'natural economy'; remarkable feats of orientation and migration are also examined. He discusses the world-wide distribution of birds, their places on the 'family tree', and the long-term mechanisms of adaptation and species-formation. Title: Ornithology: An Introduction Author: Austin L. Rand Publisher: Pelican Books Publication Date: 1967 Format: Softcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear, tanned pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No DJ. No marks in very lightly read book. Hardcover sunning. 168 plate photos of birds, most in color.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good green boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for previous owner's stamp on FFEP. Good dust jacket not price clipped; rubbing along edges; chips, tears, dampstaining and sun fading. Index. 239pp. Stated 1st edition.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. Mass market paperback, 352 pages including 51 black-and-white Figures; spine gently wrinkled, not creased, due to drying of binding glue, tiny traces of shelf wear as befits its age, otherwise appears in unread condition, very clean and unmarked, tight, flat and square. See also our listing for George Wallace`s An Introduction to Ornithology. …

Condition: Good. Good condition. True To Life Book Series. (Juvenile Non-Fiction, Juvenile literature, Birds ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. (1st) Large, heavy book, fine shiny green cloth, very bright gilt lettering and design on spine, 311 lightly browned pages throughout. DJ price-clipped and very tiny tear inside front flap, glossy blue background, illustration of hawk, swift and vulture on front, black spine with illustration, white back very slightly soiled with related titles and praise. DJ has tiny tear at top front tip, light wear at top front bookfold edge, very slightly rubbed at bottom front tip, two micronicks, very tiny nick and crease at bottom front edge near spine, very slight wear to spine edges, microtears along top back edge, micronick at bottom back edge. Good DJ/Very Fine book.…

Unstated Edition Hardcover price clipped with owner inscrip, lite spine lean, else near fine in like dj.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. 218 pp. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Light grey stiff paper wrappers wtih dark blue titling to cover and spine. Moderate toning and some light stains to spine, with some nicking to head of spine. Transparent tape to head of spine. Diagonal crease to bottom corner of rear cover. Some foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name and address stamp at head of first page. Common names of birds written in pencil after latin names at rear of book. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding sound. This book was previously owned by Alfred 'Al' Schmitz, who was a Sierra Club member and former president of the mountaineering group, The Mazamas, in 1956. His son, Kim Schmitz, was a world famous mountain climber, and good friend of fellow climber and photographer, Galen Rowell. . Soft Cover. Very Good. …

Condition: New.