William E Glegg (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-xxxii, 245 pp, tissue guarded frontispiece, 5 plates, linen backed folding map. Original cloth slightly darkened on the spine, top edge gilt. Book plate and withdrawn label of Croydon Public Libraries on the front end papers, neat oval stamp to the title page, top right margin of the Introduction page and large blank margin of pages 235 and 246 and the verso of the map but otherwise a good copy, the contents being very clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - none. Hardback.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, khaki colour cloth lettered gilt to the spine, top edge gilt, a very good tightly bound copy, the front free endpaper clipped to the top leading corner, the text is clean and free of marking, map & six b&w plates, 245pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book - very good. no dust jacket. Wetlands & Wildfowl Trust stamp/numbers on front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 23x15cm, 342pp. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt title lettering on spine. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor wear on edges and corners, some fading to spine. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, some light spotting on free end papers, otherwise pages clean. A very good clean copy.…

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

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, some light foxing else a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper that is now protected within a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, pencilled ownership details to the front free endpaper in an easily erasable hand else the text is free of marking, map & six b&w plates, 245pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. xxxvi, 344pp, numerous black and white photographic plates (frontispiece tissue-guarded). Green cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed borders on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge gilt, bottom edge untrimmed. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, worse towards ends; rubbed spine ends, lightly bumped front corner. Fore text block edge tanning and foxing, bottom edge tanning. Free endpapers tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.…

Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxxii, 245, [1]. 6 monochrome plates including frontispiece with tissue guard; large folding County map to rear. Publishers' grey cloth with gilt titles and ruling to spine and double border in blind to upper board; top edge gilt. A clean bright copy; no annotation or inscriptions. 2 cm tear to edge of map at hinge, affecting margin only. A Near Fine copy. Comprehensive county ornithology, with list of correspondents and a lengthy bibliography.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Cloth slightly marked and faded at spine otherwise near very good indeed. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. Some fading to spine ends. In a fair dustwrapper lacking a piece approx. 4 inches by 2 inches on rear panel and with other smaller chips and tears. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xxxv,342. Frontispiece and 22 plates (on 20 pages). Large folding map. Uncommon in dustwrapper. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this comprehensive study of Essex birds by William E. Glegg, illustrated with plates and a folding map. First edition.In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with twenty monochrome plates and a folding map. Collated, complete.This fascinating ornithological study from William E. Glegg examines the history of birds commonly found in Essex, including records of their appearances and migration patterns. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the cloth and slight rubbing to the extremities. A few minor marks to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd light spots throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. First Edition. xxxv, 342pp, illustrated with 20 black & white plates and a folding map, free endpapers tanned, top edge gilt, light spotting to other edges, green cloth with blind-stamped border, gilt spine lettering, spine sunned, clear protective wrapper. Size: 8vo. Birds.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 245 pages, frontispiece plate with tissue guard and further b/w plates. Dust jacket very good with some general and rubbing, dust soiled, a little loss to the top of the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable sleeve. Cloth hardbarck binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to fore-edges, attractive bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown. A very good copy in a scarce dust jacket with a good provenance. [ Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist.] Size: 8vo. Book.…

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. The first editions of these two ornithological studies by William E. Glegg. Illustrated throughout, and in lovely half morocco bindings. Two first edition ornithological works from William E. Glegg, examining the history of birds in the adjoining counties of Essex and Middlesex.The earlier of these works is Glegg's 1929 study of the birds of Essex, illustrated with twenty-nine photographic plates, and with a large folding colour map. Collated, complete.The second volume is the author's 1935 examination of the history of the birds of Middlesex, illustrated with six photographic plates, and with a monochrome folding map. Collated, complete.These informative works are beautifully bound in half morocco. With endpapers renewed, but retaining the original half title to each volume. Rebound in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright, but with spotting and instances of foxing throughout each volume, most concentrated to pages facing plates. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…