Van Someren Vernon D (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publishers Dust Jacket Price Intact, B/W Illustrations, 5 Page Preface by Contin, light edge wear to the DJ, book has been mis shelved rendering the books spine slanted.

hardcover. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Edinburgh, (1958).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 270pp. A guide to birding in Kenya, Africa. The book has some spotting to the edges of the closed pages but is otherwise tidy. There is evidence of previous ownership inside the front board. The dust wrapper is price clipped and has some wear and small tears to the edges. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. 6"x9".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. Owner name to end paper. DJ with some edge wear, area of loss and creasing.

Condition: VG+/VG+. 1st. 8vo. 270pp. Some soiling toip edge, bit of wear to DJ. Quite a nice copy.

Condition: gut. 270 S., Taf., 22 cm, Schutzumschlag mit Läsuren. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Good. 1958. First Edition. 270 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Tape marks to reverse of jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 270pp with b/w photos - green cloth - endpapers and edges of text block lightly foxed - dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and soiled - slight wear and chipping to edges - minor lean to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Dustjacket. 270 pages.B&W plates. No dustjacket. Moderate forward lean to hardback binding. Clean very dark green hardback binding with moderate wear to boards' corners and spine-ends, faded gilt-coloured titles to spine. Moderate browning to page-edges, foxing to flyleaf and back free-endpaper, ink name to inside of front board o/w pages clean and tidy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket very good, with slight rubbing to edges only, spine somewhat faded. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Size: Large 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hardback. Significant staining and discolouration to cover leading edges. Minor rubbing to spine edges. Minor foxing to inside front and back covers. Yellowing to pages. Marks to page edges. Jacket is discoloured and has staining and tears to front and back. 270 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful black and white photographs. Preface by the author. 270 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with slight edgewear and a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.…

16+270 pages, bird census, b & w photographs : reminiscences of many happy hours watching birds in Kenya; hardback, edges foxed, g++ in sl chipped & frayed dw east africa kenya ornithology bird watching kenya kenyan wildlife birds kenya magadi.

Condition: Befriedigend. Leinen Originalleineneinband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, Rücken berieben, beide Deckel sind stark flüssigkeitsfleckig. Der Schnitt ist gedunkelt. Die Seiten sind leicht gedunkelt, ansonsten sauber und gut. Besitzersignatur von 1958 auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz. Mit s/w Fotografien auf 32 Tafeln. Sprache / Language: en 270 Seiten. ca. 22,7 x 15 cm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+ Price Clipped. 1st. pp.270. Front of DW has a half cm tear now protected. A lovely copy.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (africa, birds, animals) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. 1st edition 1958. Secondhand. No dust cover. Pages lightly tanned. Some marks on the covers.

First edition. Pages clean; binding tight; dust jacket slightly worn at edges Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

First edition. xvi, 270 pp. With 38 b/w photographic illustrations. Contents: In the Shadow of Mount Kenya, The Way of a Shrike, The Wilder Garden, Coral Reefs and Coconut Palms, Rainpools and Reeds, Madagascar Interlude, Lake Magadi, Grasslands of the Dancing Whydah, Fetaherhill and the Thorntree Plains, Photographing Birds. Text spotless throughout. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition VG+. In VG illustrated dust wrapper.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Slight foxing. 230mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xvi, 270pp + plates. 32 b/w plates.

(S. A. J. Helminth. Vol. XV, No. 4)1937. S. 177-182. gr8. br. -2) -Sonderabdruck-.

(S. A. J. Helminth. Vol. XVII, No. 1)1939. S. 13-20. gr8. m. Abb. br. -2) -Sonderabdruck-.

(S. A. British Medic. Journ. Vol. II)1937. S. 1162. (St. )br. -2) -Sonderabdruck-.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books sent tracked. PayPal accepted. Slight edge spotting on last 3 pages which includes end paper. All dustwrappers are film protected. Dustwrapper is price clipped and slightly edgeworn. Illustrated (illustrator). …

In-8 (23 x 15), XVI-270 pp., percaline verte éditeur, jaquette illustrée. Publisher's green cloth, dust jacket, good copy. Edition originale; 30 planches hors-texte en noir. Bel exemplaire.

Full Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing, very good. Full green cloth with gold lettering on the spine, light wear at top & bottom of the spine. Jacket has been price-clipped, there is mild wear to extremities and there are a couple of small closed tears to the top edge. Overall a EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD MINUS dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.…

Condition: Good. No dustjacket. Marks to cover, bumps/scuffs to edges & spine faded. Cracks to binding. Foxing/some stains to textblock edges. Large inscription on ffep. Some marks to pages. Some pencil underlining & marks in margins.

Condition: Sehr gut. First Edition. 16cm x 23cm. XVI, 270 pages. With 32 full-page illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor wear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition. Private gift inscription and a nametag of the previous owner on the front free endpaper. Includes for example the following chapters: In the Shadow of Mount Kenya / The Way of a Shrike / Coral Reefs and Coconut Palms / Madagascar Interlude / Lake Magadi / Grasslands and the Dancing Whydah: Part I - The Dancing Whydah / Part II - Pipits, Plovers and others / Part III - Oxpeckers / Featherhill and the Thorn-Tree Plains / Photographing Birds: The Birds themselves / The Camera and tits Accessories / The After Technique / The Hide and its Technique / Nests and Eggs / Away from the Nest / Electronic Flash / With an Appendix: Index of Birds mentioned in the Text. From childhood, Vernon van Someren was an enthusiastic bird watcher and photographer. In this book, he introduces the reader to the sport which gave him so much personal satisfaction and he conveys vividly the thrill and excitement to be found in outwitting a wild bird. Not a little of his satisfaction lies in the fact that, at the end of the exercise, the quarry is unharmed. Van Someren advocated the use of the miniature camera contrary to customary expert advice and, by his practical suggestions he brings top grade bird photography within reach of an enormous number of amateur photographers and ornithologists.…

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1958 First Edition without Jacket on green cloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.