John Loft (13 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1952 by The American Musicolog. 78 + pp. Vol. V, Summer 1952, No. 2 issue only! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers.

Paperback. first edition. 105 near fine, unread no date paperback,

Navy Blue Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Black & White & Colour Illustrations (illustrator). Collectors Library Edition. Reader's Digest Condensed Books.Please email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE. Bob Armstrong; Joel Beck; Tim Boxell, Leslie Cabarga; Howard Cruse; Kim Deitch; Justin Green, Gary Haligren; Pete Loft; Lee Mars; Willy Murphy; John Pound; Ted Richards, Trina Robbins; Basil Wolverton; Sharon Rudahl, Jim Rumph, Steve Stiles, (illustrator). Second Edition. COMIX BOOK (Magazine; 1976; Kitchen Sink; B&W Underground Comics Magazine; DIRECT Only = LOW Distribution); A paperback original. Illustrated stapled wrappers. ADULT MATERIAL; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2018). 2018 1st edition. 4to (215 x 280mm). Ppxxxvi,364. Colour paintings by Ron Digby, colour photographs throughout. Brown cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Slightly bumped and shelf-marked o/w a fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. "21 expert falconers on how to train and hunt with two small species of falcons, the circumboreal merlin and the red-headed falcon of the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, is destined to take its place among the great books on hawking. It is richly illustrated by drawings and full page, color portraits by Ron Digby of the various subspecies and variants of the merlin and red-headed falcon. In addition to the superbly written chapters by the falconers, there is also a 100-page chapter by Robin Radcliffe providing an informative, up-to-date summary of the scientific literature on both species of falcons." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2004). (1598) 2003 1st edition in English. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxxxvi,471. B/w engraved plates & illustrated initials. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in rather used dust-wrapper - signed by John Loft, with a short falconry related inscription, to a previous owner. Based on the best of the early editions, with extensive useful notes by the translator. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2018). 2018 1st edition. 4to (215 x 280mm). Ppxxxvi,364. Colour paintings by Ron Digby, colour photographs throughout. Brown cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "21 expert falconers on how to train and hunt with two small species of falcons, the circumboreal merlin and the red-headed falcon of the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, is destined to take its place among the great books on hawking. It is richly illustrated by drawings and full page, color portraits by Ron Digby of the various subspecies and variants of the merlin and red-headed falcon. In addition to the superbly written chapters by the falconers, there is also a 100-page chapter by Robin Radcliffe providing an informative, up-to-date summary of the scientific literature on both species of falcons." .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and fading.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 224mm). Ppix,310. B/w illustrations by Andrew Haslen, Helen Macdonald, Peter Upton & the author. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Bump to bottom corner of front board else very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. The first book devoted to merlins and lark-hawking. "T.H. White wrote wonderful prose about the essence of falconry; such legendary hawkers as E. B. Michell and Ronald Stevens gave us insights into the birds. Now comes John Loft - poet, amateur zoologist, and living master of merlins, who can do both. There are delights, insights, wit and wisdom on every page." (Steven Bodio). Printed in small numbers, this first edition has become very hard to find. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 224mm). Ppix,310. B/w illustrations by Andrew Haslen, Helen Macdonald, Peter Upton & the author. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in lightly used dust-wrapper. Signed by the author & with hand-written note from the author to the original purchaser laid in. The first book devoted to merlins and lark-hawking. "T.H. White wrote wonderful prose about the essence of falconry; such legendary hawkers as E. B. Michell and Ronald Stevens gave us insights into the birds. Now comes John Loft - poet, amateur zoologist, and living master of merlins, who can do both. There are delights, insights, wit and wisdom on every page." (Steven Bodio). Printed in small numbers, this first edition has become very hard to find. .

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Gail Kort. Small quarto. Paginated thus, 1-8, 2-32, 9-15. Stapled wrappers. Some gentle rubbing to wrappers, near fine. Laid in is a handwritten letter addressed to "Rosy" by one of the Oberlin students who helped work on this magazine and dated "2-27-63". The Oberlin students literary magazine with contributions from Neal Donner, Tom Zolnay, John Gilmore, Susan Drake, Dave Buck, Debbie Loft, and Sam Hudson. Bound-in, as issued, is a prospectus for a Oberlin Quarterly with contributions from Thomas Whitaker, Lawrence R. Lee, David Armstrong, X.J. Kennedy, John Montague, Donald Justice and Lewis Turco. Scarce, none found in *OCLC*.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.