Macpherson Hope (24 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No writing or tears; slight dustjacket wear; sh.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 475 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Book is solid and straight. Text unmarked. Some minor fading to dust jacket spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Browning, G.J. (illustrator). Blue boards, no jacket. 0.

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition. 475 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Prominent forward lean to text block.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Owner inscription inside cover. Detailed line drawings accompany text. High-quality material. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

54+[18]pp. Oblong 8vo. Original wrappers a very good copy. With numerous b/w plates and useful index. Revised edition. First published in 1923.

c.476pp. 4to. Original cloth in chipped dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations. A very good copy. First edition.

1st Ed. of Handbook No 2 of the National Museum of Victoria. XV, 475 PP with 486 figures in text (drawings by G.J. Browning). Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Very good. 25.5 x 15.5. The Amphineura (chitons), Gastropoda (univalves), scaphopoda (tusk shells). of Victoria.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Browning, G. J. (illustrator). First Edition. xv, 475pp, index, glossary, num bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear and rubbing to jacket. Detailed descriptions and approximately 500 illustrations cover all of the common species of Victorian shells, together with their range and distribution. Their points of difference are stated simply and any feature of special interest discussed. A systematic listing of the remaining species is given with their authors and recorded Victorian localities. There is also a definition of each family and of the principle genera including the author of the genus and type species. Size: 8vo.

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Very Good , Binding Firm Pages White Card Covers Have Minor Handling Wear And One Small Spot. Pp 54, + 18 Page Index, Illustrated 50 Plates And 1086 Species.

Hardback. No Statement Of Later Printing On Copyright Page. VG to Near Fine in VG to Near Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. Revised by J. Hope Macpherson, curator of molluscs, National Museum of Victoria. Some silverfishing to covers, one gathering loose, else good to very good.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 475pp., text illusts., glossary, bibliog., index, Detailed descriptions with almost 500 illustrations; covering all of the common species of Victorian shells, together with their range and distribution.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical. 169pp, tables, bw ills, maps (inc folding). Greywraps. Small chip, minor edge wear and minor marking to cover, number at top front. Includes essays on feral pigs in Australia; geoloical evidence relative to the antiquity of the Australian Aborigines; several paleontological essays including foraminifera, diatoms etc; and a record of a South African mollusc (Haliotis sanguinea) in Australia. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "The simple collecting of sea-shells is a fascinating pastime that gives untold pleasure to thousands of people. .this handbook is generally simple and non-technical enough for the newcomer, but it contains much information that the specialist will find worth while. Detailed descriptions and approximately 500 illustrations cover all the common species of Victorian shells, together with their range and distribution. A systematic list of the remaining species is given with their authors and recorded Victorian localities. There is a definition of each family and of the principal genera including the author of the genus and type species." --- Handbook No. 2. National Museum of Victoria. Drawings by G. J. Browning. --- Ex Library: Withdrawn Stamp on Half-Title and rear free endpaper, library stamp on Title Page, p. 475 (last Index). --- Original dark blue cloth boards, lettered gilt on spine (25.3 cm height). Sticky tape traces. Front free endpaper excised. Half-Title previously cut out and reattached. Traces of library label rear pastedown. Pages browning. Printed dustwrapper, faded on spine, now protected. Pp. xv (i bl verso) 476 (last colophon) including Foreword (by Charles W. Brazenor, Director, National Museum of Victoria), Preface, Introduction, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. 486 Figures. I: Amphineura (Chitons) II: Gastropoda (Univalves) III: Scaphopoda (Tusk Shells) IV: Pelecypoda (Bivalves) V: Cephalopoda (Many-Armed Molluscs).

Octavo,476 pp.,text illustrations, inscription, near fine copy in dustwrapper.

Gr.8°, XV, 475 S., zahlr. Abb., OrigLeinen mit OUmschlag, Schutzumschlag mit Gebr.sp., 1 S. mit herstellungsbedingtem Einriß, S. etwas gebräunt, sonst guter, sauberer Zustand. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Browning, G J (drawings) (illustrator). 1st Edition. B&W illustrations throughout. Some minor creasing. DW: PC, some small tears to top back cover only. 25 x 16 cm. 475 pp.

Revised edition of the 1923 original. 54, (18 Index to Genera and Species) PP with 50 plates with 1086 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover, staples. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 24.8.

Victoria, 1962. XV,475 pp. 486 ills. Cloth.

Octavo,476 pp.,text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, signed by both authors.

XV, 475 p. mit 485 drawings by G. J. Browning. Cloth with dust jacket. Wrappers with some tears. Some traces of use. Good copy.