British Warblers by Simms, New Naturalist, collins (39 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 432 pp, 6 colour plates and black and white drawings by Ian Wallace, maps, card covers lightly sunned on the spine, some light marking on the closed fore edges but a very good copy of the paperback edition of New Naturalist no 71.

First edition. Softcover. the New Naturalist Library, No.71. 432pp. Index. Illustrated. Light spine crease, otherwise V.g.

The softback edition in illustrated card wraps. Spine faded and a little creased and top edge significantly spotted., otherwise a sound copy. pp. 432. With six multiple colour plates and 177 figures including photographs, maps and charts.

First limpback edition in publisher's original colour photographic card wrap covers. 8vo 8½'' x 6''. Contains 432 pp with 6 colour plates, monochrome photographic illustrations and maps. Tick mark to the bottom page edge, and in Very Good clean and square condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEW NATURALIST (Series).

Soft back. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. The Softback edition with pictorial card covers in a good clean condition. Slight creasing to the corners and spine. Pages clean and bright throughout. pp. 432. Overall a good copy.nbsp; book.

Condition: New. (S/hand, Paperback, 1985). 1985 1st edition. Paperback issue. 8vo paperback (148 x 215mm). Pp432. Colour plates, b/w photographs and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Some slight use else a very good paperback. To "anyone with an awakening interest in ornithology, the warblers may seem a very daunting group. There are three broad introductory chapters to the warblers of the Old and New Worlds and those of Britain, with several chapters examining, comparing and contrasting members of each genus, and a series of single chapters for each breeding species; these review in detail their characteristics. This most comprehensive and accessible reviewof the popular and intriguing group is fully illustrated with maps, sonagrams, diagrams and photographs." Eric Simms was a late ornithological protege of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. .

Condition: Very Good. 432, 6 col plates, 177 text figs. . PB. Vg. Some creasing to spine. Top edge of text slightly dusty. Pencil signature to endpaper. Rare even in paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Used: Very Good. First edition. A very good copy of the first paperback edition. Shelf wear. New Naturalist Series No. 71. With six color plates plus sonograms, distribution maps, b&w photos.

8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 coloured plates and 177 illustrations, diagrams, maps and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. New Naturalist 71. Dustwrapper artwork by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo, illustrated in b&w, original laminated card covers. Spine slightly creased, else a near fine copy. [New Naturalist No.71].

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo. 432pp., col. & b/w pls. & ills., maps, diags., tables, bibliog., index, The New Naturalist Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 432 pages. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. 432 pp. !st edition (second state?). The o/w fine d/w has been bumped/creased to top of front panel. This has only slightly transferred to the board. Practically as new with little signs of use.

First edition, second state, 8vo, 432 pp. 6 colour plates and 177 illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned. New Naturalist series no. 71.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper, designed by Robert Gillmor. 22cm x 15.5cm. 432pp. Illus. 1st edition, 2nd state 1985. D/w spine a little faded. Small surface abrasions to ffep. A very pleasing copy. (a7).

8vo. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1985, 1st. 1st state. Octavo. 432pp. Illustrated. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles and NN to spine. In the illustrative dust wrapper, designed by Robert Gillmor, in the clear plastic protective cover. Spine faded. Minor abrasions to the plastic, not on the wrapper itself. Price of £20 intact. Some spotting to head of text-block. Otherwise contents clean. Overall a 'Very Good' copy. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First State. First edition, first state copy; pp. 432; 6 colour plates, numerous b/w photographs and b/w diagrams & maps. Dust jacket near fine, just a hint of fading to spine, with the publisher's clear "Duraseal" protector, not price-clipped. Green Buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A near fine first edition, first state, copy. Along with NN70 Orkney, British Warblers is the rarest of all New Naturalists. (This is the First Edition First State of which only 725 copies were printed. Collins was unable to fulfil orders for the hardback edition, so subsequently bound up an additional 500 copies from stripped paperbacks, and these are referred to as second state copies. Second State copies are distinguised principally from the first state by being a few mm. shorter and are bound in pea-green "Linson" embossed paper-cloth rather than dark green, slightly shiny buckram. Additionally the dust jacket was not covered in a plastic "Duraseal" protector, unlike the first state edition.) [Collecting the New Naturalists NN71A] Size: 8vo. book.

8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw., with publisher s duraseal cover. Not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover issue. A clean unmarked copy in dust wrapper, not price clipped. In the publisher's protective wrapper, just a shade off on the spine. Near fine overall.

Condition: Very Good. , col+b/w illus. . HB. 14 vols, 8vo, orig. publisher's green buckram. Minor spotting to top edges. The final index page of No. 81: Ladybirds, is pasted to the rear endpaper (there is no final blank endpaper), but all text is visible (presumably a production error). Very good set in orig. d/w's (not price-clipped; all spines with some fading). A set of the New Naturalist 'Golden 14' - All first editions, published in short print runs - the rarest titles in the series. 70: The Natural History of Orkney (1985) by R.J. Berry, and 71: British Warblers (1985) by E. Simms, both the scarce first issues; 72: Heathland (1986) by N. Webb, with "Collins" printed at foot of d/w spine. ' the genuine first edition [ ] with "Collins" printed to the spine is a rare thing: the print-order was for just one thousand copies, but in the event only 880 copies were delivered, making the first edition of Heathlands the third rarest New Naturalist'; 73: The New Forest (1986) by C.R. Tubbs, ('Collins' to spine, priced £22.50) - only 650 copies printed; 74: Ferns (1988) by C.N. Page; 75: Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles (1992) by P.S. Maitland & R.N. Campbell.; 76: The Hebrides (1990) by J.M. Boyd & I.L. Boyd; 77: The Soil (1992) by B. Davis; N. Walker; D. Ball; A. Fitter; 78: British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails (1992) by E. Simms; 79: Caves and Cave Life (1993) by P. Chapman; 80: Wild and Garden Plants (1993) by M. Walters; 81: Ladybirds (1994) by M.E.N. Majerus; 82: The New Naturalist (1995) by P. Marren, complete with the '50 years' sticker to front panel; 83: The Natural History of Pollination (1996) by M. Proctor, P. Yeo & A. Lack, first issue (with £30 price to d/w flap).Bernhard & Loe, NN70A-NN83A.