Percival Westell (584 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth. 130pp. + ads. 8 coloured & 70 b&w illustrations. Previous owner's name, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book One in the "Look and Find Out" Series. Reprint; original copyright 1935. With black-and-white illustrations; intended for young readers. Exterior Fair+/Interior VG+/dust jacket G+ Irregular fade/stain spots to green cloth cover, including 1/4" line of fade at bottom margin (?); no musty smell. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket clean and bright, moderately edgeworn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardcover in Very Good condition in worn and tattered dust jacket. Color frontis of The Brown Linnet. One hundred and ninety two line drawings.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Stamped on endpage. (Birds, British wildlife).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition Thus. 256 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Martin, Sir Herbert (illustrator). Popular Edition. With a Coloured Frontispiece and Sixty Other Illustrations. xxxv, [1], 338pp, [2], printed on fine glossy paper, bound in illustrated red cloth with a mounted colour label [no chips], gilt decorated spine, binding and hinges tight. Upper corner of the spine shows a tear, discoloration to the covers, occasional interior thumb print, previous owner's early penned initials.

Condition: Good. 1959. 256 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. 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.Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Doris Meyer (illustrator). Ex school library, Dust jacket stuck to book and covered in plastic. Some ink to the front free end paper and light tanning to the pages.

Condition: Good. 1960. 204 pages. Pink pictorial boards and jacket. 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. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. W. S. Berridge (illustrator). No date but presumed 1909 due to dedication page and Preface. Fair copy. In red cloth covers with bilind stamped letters in gilt and pasteon of tigers on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Eight colored paltes and 100 photographs. Cracked hinge at half title page. Shaken binding. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Pencil sketch on front flyleaf. Stain on spine Faded spot on front cover. Two black stains on back cover. Thank you for your patronage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Nice hardcover in illustrated sage green cloth covered boards with sharp tips and bumped spine ends. 1949 winner presentation sticker for a Bird & Tree competition presented by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on fep. Age-toning on endpapers, rest of 86pp text is crisp and unmarked. 13 colored illustrations and lots of b/w sketches throughout. Original tan background dust wrapper has loss at extremities, spine ends and rear flap is about 80% there, now in new mylar. One of Dent's "Open Air" Nature Books. Includes plants, fish and animals around and in streams.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. This wonderful old book may be small in size but it is packed full of information! The preface states - Attention may be directed to the index of more than one thousand local, old fashioned, and correct names of birds, for by means of these it should be easy to trace any British nesting species even if only its local name is known. - such a treasure trove of knowledge! Fully illustrated throughout with line drawings, photographs and full colour plates, this fantastic book is the perfect gift for the budding ornithologist that you know, or add it to your own nature reference library and treat yourself. Title: British Nesting Birds Author: W. Percival Westell Publisher: J. M. Dent Publication Date: 1928 Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age. with board wear and marking, grubby endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Year uncertain, probably early 20th century. Illustrated book of British wildlife. Clean and sound but with some minor wear to the edges of the boards All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please email with your questions.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. 1945. Reprinted. 140 pages. Blue dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Water staining and bleaching to spine and boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Some tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Condition: Good. 143 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Condition: Good. 1932. 130 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is clear.

Condition: Good. 1945. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue and yellow cloth. Illustrated with Coloured Frontispiece and Photographic Field and Museum Studies; Also with 192 Line Drawings. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Fair. 1947. Reprinted. 186 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over green illustrated cloth boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Book VI. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Boards are bowed. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Condition: Fair. 1943. First Edition. 256 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.