Published by National Geographic Society, Washington, 1954
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Sound binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, a bit of tattering at top and bottom of spine, and light shelf wear. Pages clean, off-white. ; Contents: Matthews and Fletcher, America goes to the fair. Cochran and Weber, Our snake friends and foes. Grosvenor and Neave, Helping Holland rebuild her land. Lockley, The solemn, sociable puffins. Fisher, Eastman of Rochester: photographic pioneer. Many advertisements. ; 10.0" tall; Re#. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by H F & G Witherby L:td London, London, 1946
Seller: just books, SCUNTHORPE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Doris Lockley (illustrator). Eight Plates from photographs.price 9/- on dust jacket.some fade on spine. see photo. inside book clean no marks.under dj looks like new. accept pay pal.
Language: English
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd., London, 1943
Seller: Butterfly Books GmbH & Co. KG, Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 123 Seiten Ein autobiografisches Werk, das das einfache Leben und die Naturbeobachtungen des Autors auf einer abgelegenen Insel beschreibt. Zustand: Einband mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten geringfügig gebräunt, insgesamt GUTER Zustand. HC1-823-3/8-00444871 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 273.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Doris Lockley (illustrator). A smart illustrated work on the lonely Welsh island of Skokholm, with the original price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in one volume in 1943. Third impression, 1945. Illustrated with frontispiece, seven plates, one map, and many in-text sketches. Collated complete. The story of years spent on the Welsh island of Skokholm, rebuilding and remaking the house and farm, with tales of fishing, shepherding, sailing, and bird-watching. Written by Ronald Mathias Lockley, a Welsh ornithologist and naturalist writer. Illustrated by Doris Lockley, a Welsh artist. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light chipping to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Minor loss to the tail of the spine. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.