Norman D Riley (37 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Collins, 1973. Color plates containing over 760 color paintings, ills., index, 380pp. Edgewear on dust jacket. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Rip to the cover (or dustjacket if hardback), or significant tearing to pages. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Edgar Hahnewald (illustrator).…

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.…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0002120283.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1970, 380pp, illus., illus. eps, blue cloth w/ glit lettering to spine, light rubbing to cover, no dj, contents clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Edgar Hahnewald (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Edgar Hahnewald (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1970) 1980 4th edition. Small 8vo (130 x 200mm). Pp384. Colour paintings by Brian Hargreaves throughout, butterfly paintings to end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards. . "With every species described and illustrated. Over 800 colour paintings by Brian Hargreaves." "Here for the first time is a comprehensive guide to european butterflies, illustrated throughout in colour. The book covers every species and important subspecies of form - in Europe west of the Russian frontier, in western North Africa, in Madeira, the Canaries and the Azores. There is also an excellent introduction to the whole subject; a glossary, check-list, selective bibliography and index. The superb colour plates illustrate at life size and in fine detail over 800 butterflies - the 381 species of the area and every important subspecies, sex and brood form. In each figure the left-hand part shows the upperside, the right-hand part the underside. Opposite each plate is a caption-page, giving notes for identification and a page-reference to the text description. [The end-papers] together provide a visual key to the contents of the book. By illustrating characteristic butterflies within each Family, each with its plate reference, they lead you straight to the group of plates withing which you will find your species illustrated." A distribution map is also included for each species. A classic in its field. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine canted, bottom ofboards have edge wear. Interior clean and unmarked. DJ chipped, has edge wear, in Mylar protector.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. Secondhand. Clean pages. Dust jacket has a rip on the front, mended on the inside with sellotape. The cover images are the same the Amazon page, but the background is light brown, not blue. Very good book.

Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Originel green boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous colour drawings, 8vo. Blandford Colour Series.; Name, place and date on first free endpaper; spine dust jacket slightly discoloured. Edgar Hahnewald (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Hard cover green cloth bds, gilt titles and butterfly to spine, a light mark or two otherwise VG, unclipped dust jacket, completely enclosed in protective film (not a lib. bk), wavy, VG-, colour butterflies to endpapers, contents sound and tight, over 760 bright colour paintings by Brian Hargreaves, very slight light stain to top of plates near spine hinge, pp381, a nice sound ref. copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Collins, London, 1976. Third edition (first published 1970; third edition 1975), reprinted 1976. Hardcover with original gold-coloured illustrated dust jacket. ISBN 0002191989. *A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe* by Lionel G. Higgins and Norman D. Riley, with 760 colour illustrations by Brian Hargreaves. A comprehensive illustrated guide to the butterflies of Britain and continental Europe, providing identification information and detailed colour illustrations of the species covered. The illustrations by Brian Hargreaves depict the distinctive colours and markings of European butterflies, making this an attractive work of natural history as well as a practical reference for butterfly identification. **Condition: Very Good book / Good dust jacket (provisional).** Photographed interior pages appear clean and well preserved, with mild age-related toning. Original illustrated dust jacket retains its attractive gold background and colour butterfly illustrations, with rubbing, surface marks and light creasing around the edges. Rear jacket panel has noticeable scuffing and a horizontal rubbed area towards the bottom. Cloth boards, spine, binding firmness and completeness of contents have not yet been fully inspected. Please see photographs. An appealing vintage Collins field guide for collectors of butterfly books, British and European natural history, entomology and illustrated identification guides.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1977 printing. A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.…

20x13cm. 384pp with numerous illustrations on 63 colour plates, distribution maps, glossary, bibliography, and indexes; colour pictorial endpapers. Hardback / hard cover: colour-illustrated white cloth, backstrip and front cover titled etc in black and a little red. Binding a little bumped around lower corner shared by backstrip and front cover, contents unaffected. Red lettering and colour illustration of backstrip a little sunned. No dust jacket as issued. Top edge of text-block lightly & sparsely spotted. Contents fine. VERY GOOD copy.…

Condition: Very Good. BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. Sold by the U.k Charity Kisharon Langdon. Offfering Opportunities and Support for People within the Autism and Learning Disability Community.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New York: Quadrangle, 1975. Color plates, illustrations., 224 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 3 Volumes 1st editions in soft cover format comprising Vol 1 up to 1962, Vol 2 1962-67, Vol 3 1967-72, 8vo, 46pp, 18pp, 16pp; card covers; catalogue of theses and dissertations; all VG Copies Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. small 8vo , 224 pp , 24 colour plates by Gordon Riley and Brian Hargreaves iilustrating 338 figures , other black and white diagrams , a very good copy in dust wrapper with small repaired tear to rear cover .

Delachaux et Niestlé, éditeurs, Neuchâtel - 1971, collection Les guides du naturaliste dirigée par Jean Dorst, 13x20 cm, reliure cartonage d'éditeur, 414 pages, avec 60 planches en couleurs représentant 380 espèces, et de nombreuses cartes de répartition géographique Bon état intérieur, sans jaquette, reliure pelliculée - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication «livre & brochure» pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback with dust-wrapper. Text in French. 420pp. 60 colour plates. Slight edge wear to d/w. A rather pleasing copy. (bs27).

224pp + 24 colour plates. 1st ed., very fine in very good D/W.

Delachaux et Niestlé, 1971. In-12 relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette de 416 pages avec 60 planches en couleurs représentant 380 espèces et de nombreuses cartes de répartition géographique. Bords de la jaquette un peu brunis sans gravité, corps de l'ouvrage en bon état.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st American ed. ; 380 p. col. illus., maps. 20 cm. ; LCCN: 76-120836 ; OCLC: 130872 ; LC: QL555.A1; Dewey: 595.78/9/094 ; blue cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; covers show mottled wear ; Contents : How to use this book -- Introduction -- Checklist of species -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Papilionidae -- Pieridae -- Danaidae -- Nymphalidae -- Satyridae -- Nemeobiidae -- Lycaenidae -- Hesperiidae -- Libytheidae -- Bibliography -- Distribution maps -- Index ; VG. Book. …

First Edition. With 338 illustrations in colour by Gordon Riley and Brian Hargreaves. Pp. 224, 24 coloured plates (all with numerous images), black & white text figures and endpaper map, glossary, check list and distribution tables, bibliography, indices; cr. 8vo; yellow cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1975. First edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 224 pages with many colour plates and line drawings. This copy is pretty much fine in neatly price-clipped, else fine d / w.

Reliure. Condition: Très bon. 1 volume reliure cartonnée illustrée de l'éditeur, 381 pages [1], avec de nombreuses illustrations, dont planches hors texte en couleurs. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request ) Size: in 12 (19,5x13).