Vevers Gwynne Threadgall Colin (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good -. 1st Ed., Hard cover glazed pictorial bds, Good-, flim to covers chipped away at top front edge and spine tip, lib. label to spine with discol. tape, school lib. labels and stamps to front pastedown and ffep, pencil no. to title verso, contents clean and tight with some handling wear, pp24.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.66.

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as Issued. Threadgall, Colin (illustrator). Describes the wide variety of nests made by birds around the world. Written for the juvenile audience. Gwynne Vevers was Curator of the Aquarium and Assistant Director of Science at the Zoological Society of London.He took part in expeditions to Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroes, the West Indies, the Solomon Islands and the Cook Islands, and was for some time Zoologist and Bursar at the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth. Besides contributing papers to a number of scientific journals, Dr. Vevers has written several natural science books both for the advanced student and for children. Colin Threadgall is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Colin Threadgall include Animal Homes, Animal Families, The World of the Dinosaurs, and Dinosaur Fright.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, orange and white illustrated end papers. Landscape. 8'' x 10''. Contains 32 pp with splendid monochrome and three tone illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, 13s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENTOMOLOGY.