Barrington Patrick (12 results)

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Softcover. Condition: Very good condition. 281 - 496 pp. Volume 58, Number 3 (October 2001). Softcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. 'Life,' the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, 'Life' focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer's library. From the familiar to the rare--polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls--this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, 'Life' focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.…

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardback. Condition: New. "Life", the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, "Life" focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer's library.From the familiar to the rare - polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls - this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition with no wrapper. An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Johnstone, Anne Grahame & Johnstone, Janet Grahame (illustrator).…

Condition: As New.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1. Dutch Life. Bijzondere dieren, extreem gedrag is de Nederlandse uitgave gebaseerd op de succesvolle BBC-documentairereeks Life. Aan de hand van spectaculaire natuurfotografie en indrukwekkende beelden laat het boek zien hoe dieren zich aanpassen aan de meest uiteenlopende leefomgevingen. Het behandelt bijzondere overlevingsstrategieën, jachttechnieken, voortplantingsgedrag, samenwerking en communicatie bij dieren uit alle delen van de wereld. De Nederlandse vertaling combineert toegankelijke wetenschappelijke uitleg met inspirerende verhalen over de diversiteit en het uitzonderlijke gedrag van dieren, waardoor het boek zowel informatief als visueel indrukwekkend is voor natuurliefhebbers van alle leeftijden.…

Hardback. Condition: New. "Life", the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, "Life" focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer's library.From the familiar to the rare - polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls - this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. A true first edition, first printing (first impression). Octavo, pp. 91, [8 catalogue] original blue boards. Lettering in blue to spine, tight binding, Pages clean, light off setting to end pages, name to front end page, else clean, tight binding. The original jacket is present and not price clipped, wear to extremities, some chipping and spotting. bright colours. The jacket is uncommon.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. DW in pieces and missing the backstrip; spotting to the first few pages Size: 8vo. Illutrated (illustrator).