Cuckoo Problems by Stuart Baker (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 207pp. blue cloth binding. Color and b&w illustrations. Light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 207 pages; illustrations. ex-library marks, some wear to the edges, frayed at the top of the spine; pages toned, a couple foxed but a good book overall. 8 color plates. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Inventory No: 227728.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This offering is a vintage copy of Cuckoo Problems written by E. C. Stuart Baker . . . with "eight coloured and four monochrome plates." (Also - laid in is a newspaper article/review of the book) The book was published by H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. in 1942 and is a stated "First published . . . 1942." It is 5 7/8" by 8 7/8" and has 207 pages with aTable of Contents and a List of the fore-mentioned plates. The book is NOT an ex-library copy - and while the book is in very good condition the dust jacket is only in good condition. "Though soundly scientific the book is written in a simple and straight-forward style and will appeal equally to specialists and all nature lovers," Thank you!!

1942. Natural History, Birds, Zoology. With eight coloured and four monochrome plates. Front hinge is being to crack, signatures are roughly sewn, o/w good cloth and good to fair dust jacket 207p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content ahs toning to page ends. Gift message to ffep. DJ with some edge wear, tears and los.

1st edition. "To enable him to deal with so vast a mass of material the owner has had the advantage of some 70 years personal study of Cuckoos and their life-histories, the present volume containing the result of that study, intimately combined with the work done by previous writers in many countries." Contents includes: I.The need for adaptation of cuckoos' eggs to those of the fosterers; II.Has any evolution taken place in adaptation of cuckoos' eggs to those of the fosterers? III.How has adaptation been attained? [survival of the fittest); IV.How is the cuckoo's egg placed in the nest? V.Other cuckoo problems; Appendices: i.ists of eggs of cuckoos in my own collection giving both trivial and scientific names; II.Lists of eggs of each species of sub-species of cuckoo in my collection with fosterers. Pp.xvo/207, 12 plates(8 in colour), spotting to closed page edges, library bookplate (H.K.Lewis & Co.Ltd Lending Library, London) to inside front board. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, Lewis Library bookplate wraped over to top edge has wear, boards rubbed and small bumps to edges. Good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of E. C. Stuart Baker's charmingly illustrated guide to the Common Cuckoo. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with eight colour plates, and four monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Baker describes and attempts to solve 'the many problems connected with the domestic economy of that most fascinating bird the Common Cuckoo and its relations from all over the world'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Boards bright, with back strip lightly faded, and bumping to back strip head and tail. Spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip significantly ae toned, with losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Further loss to head of rear wrap, small closed tears to head of front wrap. Closed tear to fold over rear joint. Handling marks to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with light spotting to first few leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 268. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1942 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 268.