Susan Tingay (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1981 Edition First hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with bright, unmarked, firmly bound pages. Jacket is bright and glossy; shows minor edge wear. This is NOT an ex-library book and not a remainder. A very good, clean, bright, and sturdy copy. Thick book, 528 pages, includes index. "This volume contains details of 425 introduced species, each with a distribution map showing native and introduced range, and 215 line drawings. It brings together current scientific and historical information on birds which have been introduced, both successfully and unsuccessfully, throughout the world. As such, it is one of the few volumes available that deal with introduced bird species on a completely worldwide basis. Four hundred and twenty-five species of avifauna are covered, systematically arranged; provided in the book are a concise summary of the description of each bird, its native range, where it was introduced, why it was successful or unsuccessful, and its habits -- including status, habitat, gregariousness, movements, foods and breeding. The history of each introduction is traced in detail and notes are given on any damaged caused to both native and introduced habitats. Tables give additional summaries of each species, including dates, countries, and reasons for introduction where known.". …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book condition is very good. Spine intact. Text body clean except front title page has text on top left corner and texter mark on bottom right hand corner. Weight 0.169g and 70 pages. Book was mad by Kings Park Board. Plenty of colourful artwork and plenty of text.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stamped inside page.Forty-seven of the more common vertebrate animals to be found in Kings Park and the metropolitan area of Perth are described and illustrated in this book. Each is shown in a beautiful, detailed painting by Susan Tingay, a Perth artist and naturalist well known for the brilliance and accuracy of her wildlife paintings and drawings. The text by Alan Tingay provides a concise summary of the available information for each species.The book is designed to enable the resident and visitor to Perth and Kings Park to identify and learn something of the habits of many of the animals they may encounter, and to promote appreciation and concern for these creatures, which share and enhance our city environment. …

Quarto, brown heavy card boards with white lettering to spine, 528pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to title page, bookseller's label to title page) in d/w, VG (some soiling to inside upper edge, light creasing to edges).

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Jackson, Ian (illustrator).

Boards. 1st edition. 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, maps, pp 528. Previous owner's bird bookplate front endpaper. Very good in like d.j. Illus Susan Tingay (illustrator).

[0-87663-318-1] 1981. (Small 4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 528pp. Illustrations, tables, distribution maps, bibliography, indices. The front panel of the dust jacket is soiled. Illustrations by Susan Tingay. (Natural History, Birds).