Thompson Maimie (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New - Acceptable. This book represents the culmination of more than four decades observing greenshanks in the tarns and flows of Sutherland in northern Scotland. Illustrated with drawings by Donald Watson and a section of photographs, it describes the behaviour and habitat of this elusive wader, its feeding, mating and nesting habits, and its distribution, numbers and movements. Off-mint.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1979). (1979) 1979 1st US edition. Large 8vo. Pp275. Colour paintings & b/w illustrations by Donald Watson, b/w photographs, bibliography. Green cloth. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Detailed account of the ecology and biology of the greenshank drawn from decades of fieldwork by the authors and their children. This volume supersedes their earlier publication, called The Greenshank, which appeared in the New Naturalist series in 1951. This is the American edition of Poyser's original title, the two books being to all intents and purposes identical. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 45.00.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Complete natural history with illustrations by Donald Watson. <P>Desmond Nethersole-Thompson has been studying his favorite bird, the greenshank <I>Tringa nebularia</I>, since May 2931. He told the story of his early research - much of it in Spey Valley, Inverness - in <I>Th Greenshank</I>, published in theNew Naturalist series in 1951. That class, long out of print, is now a collector's item. <P>This new book owes much to the interest, almost an obsession, of the Nethersole-Thompson family. The two girls and four boys, as well as both parents, now work as a team in the wild and beautiful north-west Highlands of Scotland. <P><I>Greenshanks</I> has drawn heavily on the team's field notebooks. In the gneiss country of Sutherland, so different from the forest bogs of Spey Valley, Fenno-Scandia and the Soviet Union, they have particularly concentrated on the greenshank's displays and breeding, food and feeding behavior and its remarkable voice. There can be few long-term projects on waders to equal this made by the Nethersold-'Thompsons, and there are valuable specialist contribution by other eminent ornithologists. <P><I>Greenshanks</I> is a major contribution to bird studies and takes its place beside Desmond Nethersold-Thompson's four earlier monographs. <P>The illustrations in color and monochrome by Donald Watson have all the veracity and atmosphere that one has come to expect of this gifted artist. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 275 pp, 4 colour plates from paintings by Donald Watson, drawings throughout by Donald Watson, 16 black and white tables. Some light toning to the page edges but otherwise an excellent copy in price - clipped protected dust wrapper of the Poyser edition not the American imprint which was remaindered.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0856610224. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ".a landmark in the study of (wader) biology. It will be welcomed by professionals and amateurs and both will find it an invaluable source of reference, enjoyment and ideas for the future." --Ibis Illustrated by Donald Watson.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, octavo, a well preserved and tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated, 400pp.

Octavo, dustwrapper,276 pp.,photograph. A monograph on this particularly interesting and attractive wader, the Greenshank Tringa nebularia, by a world authority on the species.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Excellent tight clean crisp 1st ptg hardcover in like DJ, unclipped, free of markings, the browns of the bird picture on the spine are bleached out, all else is bright and shiny. Size: 8vo.

Hard Back. Bound in green with gilt title and detail to spine Dustjacket clean and shiny price clipped Green endpapers match binding exlibris sticker pasted neatly to front free endpaper Pages throughout clean and bright with many illustrations and graphs pp 275. Donald Watson (illustrator). book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Original Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1986. 400pp. "All of the Nethersole-Thompson family contributed in some measure to this book but it is Dr Desmond Nethersole-Thompson's life-long interest in waders which gives this work its exceptional quality and authority. For well over fifty years the study of waders and their behaviour has been his passion, and his great knowledge and experience are internationally recognised. There is a bonus, too, for the reader in the particular freshness and style of his writing which conveys not only his closely observed, patient study but also the joy and satisfaction he has known in watching such intriguing and beautiful birds, mainly in their Scottish habitats. The core of the book is the comprehensive accounts of the biology and behaviour of 18 species if waders in their breeding haunts. In addition there are chapters on waders gererally, wader spacing and dispersion, the wader watchers of past and recent times, and two final chapters on new or returning waders and those pipe-dream species that, not too fancifully, may yet breed one day in these islands." B&W photographs, drawings, maps and charts. Jacket unclipped in excellent condition though as usual, the illustration on the spine is slightly sunned. Book in excellent condition and gilt titles to spine, no inscriptions. Donald Watson (illustrator).…

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp275. Colour plates and b/w illustrations by Donald Watson, b/w photographs, maps and charts. Olive cloth, spine titled in gilt with gilt greenshank motif. Top edge slightly dusty but very good in dust-wrapper. Detailed account of the ecology and biology of the greenshank drawn from decades of fieldwork by the authors and their children. This volume supersedes their earlier publication, called The Greenshank, which appeared in the New Naturalist series in 1951. .…

Fine. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardcover book. Cloth, and pictorial dustjacket by Donald Watson. 400pp. With 32 b&w photos in plates, and over 100 line drawings & b&w reproductions of watercolours by Donald Watson. Detailed accounts of 18 wader species. Includes sonograms of wader calls, and a chapter on ornithologists who have studied waders in depth. Very Good in near Fine protected jacket. Previous owners inscription in black felt-tip. Spotting/darkening of top closed page edges. Pictures available. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good (slight fade to spine). Watson, Donald (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition (1986) in dark blue boards and white illustrated jacket in new mylar cover have very minor wear, tight, bright, and unmarked. A lovely copy. Donald Watson (illustrator).

FIRST EDITION, VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAP. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS,DRAWINGS,MAPS, SONOGRAMS AND TABLES. A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF 18 SPECIES OF WADERS IN THEIR BREEDING HAUNTS.

FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. THIS BOOK IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO BIRD STUDIES AND TAKES ITS PLACE BESIDE DESMOND NETHERSOLE-THOMPSON`S FOUR EARLIER MONOGRAPHS. THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND MONOCHROME BY DONALD WATSON HAVE ALL THE VERACITY AND ATMOSPHERE THAT ONE HAS COME TO EXPECT OF THIS GIFTED ARTIST.…

FIRST EDITION, FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS,DRAWINGS,MAPS, SONOGRAMS AND TABLES. A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF 18 SPECIES OF WADERS IN THEIR BREEDING HAUNTS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: new.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. pp.275. Donald Watson (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: new.

Hardback. 1st. Minor shelfwear to the topedge of the dustcover Peter Tate book plate to the front pastedown Black and white photographic plates graphs diagrams and illustrations 275pp. Donald Watson (illustrator). book.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.