Mountford Guy (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is fully intact, no tears or chips, but carries signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Natural History & Resources; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0091205905. ISBN/EAN: 9780091205904. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 20073. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. xxxiv, 318pp black and white and colour glossy illustrations throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards, copper titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed and rounded spine tips and corners. Some scuffing to front board, rear board soiled, corners bumped and worn. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan. Endpapers starting to tan. Previous owner's name on first page else internally neat and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Precise field identifications of every species occurring in Europe. 1225 illustrations, 695 in colour, 384 Distribution Maps, 384 text pages. Third Edition. Reprinted. Revised & Enlarged. Collins, London 1974. illus xxxvi + 348pp hb dw faintly nicked & creased, pict grey dw, gilt brown covers, vg.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 2ème Édition. Tranches un peu piquées. Envoi suivi et protégé sous carton et plastique-bulle en Colissimo en France métropolitaine pour 5 euros.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Large 8vo. With jacket. Colour pictorial endpapers (maps). 286 pp. B/w plates. Book and jacket beautifully clean. No inscriptions. NEAR FINE / NEAR FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo, 240pp. Grey cloth binding with gilt text to a red panel, gilt bird to cover, a little shelf wear to edges and corners, map end papers, internally clean and clear, no marks or inscriptions.

An uncorrected proof copy of So Small A World by Guy Mountford, published by Hutchinson, London in 1974. A near fine copy, creasing to the spine, bumping to upper corners of soft front board, fading and spotting to front board, spotting to top edge of text block. So Small a World by Guy Mountford is a 1974 first edition travel natural history book, 224 pages long, with black and white illustrations and published with a foreword by Prince Philip. Mountfort recounts his experiences exploring diverse wildlife and remote ecosystems across five continents, spotlighting rare species and environmental threats. Blending engaging storytelling with conservation advocacy, it draws attention to human impacts on indigenous cultures and fragile habitatsmaking it a thoughtful and visually rich ecological memoir.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. xii, 176, [4]pp, 18 black and white plates and 32 drawings and maps. In deep green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth very slightly rubbed at extreme corners and spine tips, text block edges dust-darkened, else neat, crisp and clean throughout. In its original plain green sugar paper dust wrapper with black lettering front and spine, a little rubbed and faded at extreme edges, lightly sunned over spine. Dust wrapper will be fitted with an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, without the use of tape or adhesives, before dispatch. The is a variant dust wrapper (see Marren, P., The New Naturalists, 1995, p. 293). Marren comments 'I once saw a copy in a plain green, sugar-paper jacket. Did they run out of Ellis jackets and wrap the last few in plain ones?". Either way, in this, probably second state wrapper, this is likely one of the rarest of all editions in the New Naturalist series. This is a New Naturalist Monograph, No. 15. Books in the main New Naturalist series were originally planned to tackle broad subjects such as Wild Flowers, or National Parks. A parallel sub-series of monographs (originally called Special Volumes) was published between 1948 and 1971, regarding single or related groups of species. They are shorter, and produced in a smaller format to the main series. There were 22 Monographs/Special Volumes.…