Dr Austin Roberts (26 results)

Condition: Good. 1948. Sixth Impression. 463 pages. No dust jacket. Purplish blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ruler design to rear board. Illustrated with colour plates throughout by Norman C. K. Lighton. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Moderate tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, with gift inscription to front endpaper and vintage bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Light fading to spine. Moderate tanning and foxing to textblock. …

hardcover. Condition: vg. vg or better nice copy H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd 1949 book in blue boards colour plates etc In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 3rd. Boards are worn and marked.Old tape residue marks.Tanning.Well bound.Revised.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[R.K][RF18]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd impression . 3rd Impression, 1942. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece in color. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. No Jacket But comes with Leather Kruger Park Custom Made Cover. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on illustrated pictorial cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. From pages 272 to page 323 (total 52 pages). The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. Internally the pages are neat and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 107pp, 150 col ills, pictorial end papers. Or papered boards with cloth spine, title and tipped on picture on front. Some insect damage to endpapers, some light foxing not affecting plates, light edge wear. A collection of 150 cards issued by the United Tobacco Cos, Westminster Tobacco Co & Policansky Brothers Ltd (complete) tipped into an album with descriptive text in both English and Afrikaans by Dr Austin Roberts, author of Birds of South Africa. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Roberts, Dr Austin. The birds of South Africa / illustrated by Norman C. K. Lighton. London: published for the Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund / H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1942. Third impression, revised. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Blue cloth, a little bumped to corners, gilt lettering to spine and a gilt rule (8", 200mm), to reverse. Binding firm, but starting to crack along front gutter. 1943 gift inscription and later ownership signature to ffep. Light tanning to endpapers. Frontispiece colour illustration with tissue guard. xxxvi, 463pp., 28 colour plates. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Supplied with a facsimile dust jacket. Gift inscription from the previous owner on the front free end paper page. Publication of 463 pages. Frontispiece in color. The boards are a touch edge worn and shelf rubbed. There is foxing around the block of the book, as well as on the inner boards end papers. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. The binding has been repaired and the rear hinge has been reinforced. R*2025/10/27. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Supplied with a facsimile dust jacket. Gift inscription from the previous owner on the front free end paper Publication of 463 pages. Frontispiece in color. The boards are a touch edge worn and shelf rubbed. There is foxing around the block of the book, on the inner boards and end papers. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. R*2025/10/27. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Fair to Good condition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece in color. First edition. Full Leather recent Binding, internally complete. The boards are in lovely condition. There are minor marks and little foxing on the block and some within the body of the book. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. True First edition. Illustrations and all Plates, complete. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Rebound in full recent crushed calf leather. Frontispiece in color with a tissue guard. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are in very good condition. New end papers. There is little foxing around the block of the book. Internally the pages are neat, clean and complete. The binding is secure. A Lovely Book. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Impression. The boards are in a rubbed and slightly edge worn. Internally neat with minor marks. well bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Dustjacket. First Edition. FIRST EDTION. NO DUSTJACKET. Ink inscription to title page which MAY by the author's but not sure. xxxii + 463 pages including index. Colour plates. Clean navy-blue hardback binding with light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends and bubbling to cloth to back board. Page-edges greyed/lightly browned, light damp waving to pages o/w pages clean and tidy. Illustrated by Norman C.K. Lighton (illustrator).…

8vo. xxxviii, 504pp, colour frontis, 27 double-sided and one single-sided colour plates, 4 double-sided b/w plates, text maps. Original buckram lettered in red, ep maps. Scattered staining to cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. True first edition. Complete with all plates. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 463 pages. Frontispiece in color. Facsimile Jacket, the jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are worn. Internally the pages are clean and complete. There is foxing around the block and on the early and last few pages. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. True first edition with original unclipped jacket. Complete with all plates. Frontispiece in color with tissue guard. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are a touch edge worn, remain in good condition. There is foxing around the block of the book and within the body of the book. All pages are accessible. Internally there are no markings or inscriptions. Presented in cellophane. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 2nd Edition. 701 pages (complete). A heavy, ardent and very diligent book. Enchanting, lucid colour plates by the much regarded Rev. P J Smit. The dustjacket is calm, serene and pleasant. It is much worn about all extremities from use and lazy storage. There is some attempted repair with scotch tape. It is tenacious and intact. The green cover is sturdy and sound with mild shelving wear. The papertrims are foxed. The flyleaves are smart and clean. The contents are clean, clear, very sure, snug, tidy, bright, fresh and absorbing and of much use and reference. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 463 pages (complete). A comfortable copy of this first edition. Rebound. The boards have some scuffing, wear, faint marks. They are benevolent and sure. The contents are gently aged. The page trims have some foxing and storage marks. The contents have age-related mottling, some foxing. They are also clean, clear, comfortable, assiduous, diligent, very certain and confident, pleasing. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Condition: very good. 3rd Impression [revised]. [xxxvi] 463pp. Quarto. Publisher's blue cloth; spine title in gilt. Minor folding to crown and foot, corners of boards lightly bumped. Illustrated dust jacket, price clipped; several small tears to crown, foot slightly creased. Some light sunning to edges of jacket, corners lightly rubbed at hinges. Illustrated colour frontis with tissue guard, 55 further colour plates. Lower edge of textblock show small soil mark; interior otherwise clean and bright. very good Extensively illustrated guide to the birds of South Africa, with species names in Latin, English, Afrikaans and Bantu (when known). The revised third impression with a foreward by General J.C. Smuts. Still an authority.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp xxxvl, 463. 3rd printing (revised). A foreword by The Right Honourable J C Smuts. Rebacked with new end papers using original blue cloth binding. An excellent copy with marvellous illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. ROBERTS, Dr. Austin [463] pp. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1944 Fourth Impression 8 7/8" x 6 1/2" w/ 55 coloured plates Illustrated by Norman C.K. Lighton.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 463 pages (complete). True First Edition of what is now the bible of bird resource in South Africa. Colour photocopied dustjacket that is bright and clean. This has a clear cellophane protective cover. The boards are benign with some light scuffing and wear. Within, the book is much worn. The gutterings fore and aft are cracked. The security of the book is still competent. The contents have foxing and tanning throughout. Nonetheless, the pages are clear, bold, resolute, diligent, competent and very certain. The illustrations are bright and cleanly detailed. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Limited. 701 pages (complete). Numbered 352 of a limited Subscribers' Edition of 500 copies. The certification plate is signed by John Voelcker, the Chairman of the Trustees. Quarter bound in green leather. A sound, if a little worn copy. The leathered corners and spine are worn, scuffed, marked. The boards too are scuffed and worn. The gilt zebra decoration is placid. Illustrated end papers. The op-certification page has a previous owner's ex-libris plate. The early pages have been wrinkled and a little marked from damp storage. Otherwise, the contents are fresh, clean, bright, clear, diligent, benevolent, generous. The papertrims are edged in gilt (bright and genial although worn along the bottom edges). A companionable, contented copy despite the wear. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Seventh Impression. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed, spotting to leaf edges & occasionally elsewhere, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed and nicked); pp. xxxvi, 464 (last blank), with 56 colour plates + 10 figures (on one sheet). A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper. Norman C.K.Lighton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd impression. 463 pages (complete). Second impression of first edition. A benign, kindly copy. The facsimile dustjacket has a clear plastic protective cover. The dj has wear and rubbing. It is secure and sure. The colours are fresh, the appearance is agreeable. The blue cloth covered boards are mild-mannered and healthy. Within, the contents are most pleasing. There are signatures from a previous owner. The pages are clean, comfortable, clear, genial, welcoming, the colours bright, diligent and devoted. facsimile jacket fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…