Gvt Matthews (124 results)

Softcover. Condition: Fair. 197 pages. Some creasing and wear; pages yellowed; name and stamp inside; a reading copy overall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0521095417. ISBN/EAN: 9780521095419. Inventory No: 231678.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Cambridge Monographs In Experimental Biology; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 141 pp. Hardcover in very good condition with good dust jacket. Dust jacket is price clipped with several tears/chips.

Hardcover. part of the Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology series. dj a bit faded, name inked on front pastedown. ".marshals and reviews the mass of observations and experiments to set forth the present understanding of bird navigation." 141 pages; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 " Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 208pp. ills. Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology No. 3. Analysis of how birds navigate during migration and homing, including information on orientation by the stars, the use of radar to follow migrations, data collected from radio transmitters attached to migrating birds. Appendix of scientific names, bibliography, index. Crisp, clean Dj w/ pinhole top right corner. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Pages in good clean condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. 1968. 197 pp. Paperback in Very Good condition. This second edition is virtually a new book (compared to the 1955 printing); it has been re-written throughout in order to take account of the large amount of new experimental work which has been done between 1955-1968. The extent of the revision is indicated by the fact that the book now contains 350 references to work published since 1954.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 144pp. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Occasional marks to cover. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Clean. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket, Price Clipped. Copyright Date: 1955 Octavo, 1968, PP.197, Second Edition Cambridge Monographs In Experimental Biology 3. Text Figures (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very good. NO. Wildfowl is an international scienti?c journal, published annually by Wildfowl Press, and previously published by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (from 1948?2020). It disseminates original material on the ecology, biology and conservation of wildfowl (Anseriformes) and ecologically associated birds (such as waders, rails and ?amingos), and on their wetland habitats. Research and review articles related to policy development and application are welcome. Material on habitat management is also sought, particularly where this is directed to the conservation of wildfowl and other wetland birds.A collection of articles related to wildfowl, collated by the Wildfowl Trust in 1973. NO. …

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Owner name to end paper. DJ with some edge wear, age toneand creasing.

Condition: VG+ w dj. Cloth; 197p.

141pp. Black & white diagrams & figures. of the series: Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, No. 3. Ex-library, back cover has spill stain, spine sunned, interior clean/tight: VG-/no dj.

Condition: Good. 1955. No edition remarks. 141 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine. Books has a backward lean. Boards are mildly warped. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0521072719.…

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket in very good condition. Previous owner's name on FEP, all other pages are clean and tightly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (vii) 141 pp. Pale blue boards with a small violet pictorial on the front panel; lettered in violet on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped; bookplate on the front pastedown; no other interior markings. Illustrated with charts, maps and diagrams. The Contents are: Preface; The Contributions of Taxonomy and Field Observations; The Experimental Evidence for Bearing-and-Distance Navigation; Homing Experiments: Their Technique Results and a Possible Simple Explanation; The Reality of a Form of Complete Navigation in Birds; The Physical Basis of Simple One-Direction Navigation; Theories of Complete Navigation by the Maintenance of Sensory Contact with Home; Theories of a Complete Navigation by Means of a Grid Derived from the Earth's Rotation and Magnetism; Theories of a Complete Navigation by Means of a Grid Derived from the Sun's Co-ordinates; and Further Consideration of the Sun-Arc Hypothesis; followed by Scientific Names of Species Mentioned; References; and an index. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Octavo. 140 [1] pp. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. Ownership stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze, (a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex) on the front fly, else fine in a clipped (price in dollars remains) very good or better dust jacket with a bit of light staining. Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, No. 3.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 140pp. Contains black and white illustrations. Very good plus with a slightly faded spine, softly bumped bottom corners, and a very gently bowed rear board in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a lightly darkened spine and soft wear on the spine ends and top flap folds. Edited by M. Abercrombie, P.B. Medawar, M.M. Swann, V.B. Wigglesworth. General editor: George Salt. Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology No. 3.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 172pp. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. (Tiny flaw to base of spine.) Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 160pp. Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Occasional marks to cover. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First edition, first printing. Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, No. 3. Light foxing, else near fine in near fine, corner-clipped dust jacket with toned spine, in mylar cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is book 23 in the series. The cover is a little worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dr Matthews has spent several years investigating this ability of birds to return home, both after migration and after experimental dispersement, and has done much of the really critical research in this field. The Jacket has been price clipped on both corners and is a little worn around the edges. Also a small stain on the front cover.…