The Spiders Web by Theodore H Savory (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light green covers with gilt image of spider on web to front and gilt lettering to front and spine. 154pp. With 8 col. plates, 19 half-tone ills. and 35 line drawings. Light marks to edges of upper board. Illustrated end papers and speckled page edges. A lovely clean and sound little book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. First Edition. 154pp; With 8 plates in Full Colour, 19 Half-Tone illustrations and 35 Line Drawings in the Text; In green cloth decorated in gilt with illustration of a spider in a web and gilt-lettering to spine; The Wayside and Woodland Series; A very attractive volume; Size: 12mo. Book.

Condition: Good. 1952. No Edition Stated. 154 pages. Brown dust jacket with white lettering over brown cloth. B&W and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean pages. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Notable soiling to DJ.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Spiders, Spider Webs) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Wayside & Woodland series. Book - very good( ink address & inscription on front paste down), dust jacket - good (price clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Colour plates. VG in slightly rubbed dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. Page edges speckled red. Dustwrapper price-clipped, but unfaded and protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Excellent fresh copy. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 154pp, many illus. No ownership marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 154 pages; 8 plates in full colour, 19 ilustrations, 35 line drawings in text. Original dust jacket good creased and chipped to the top of the spine, edges worn and chipped, general surface wear, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve . Hard back binding good, gilt on light brown textured cloth. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A good copy in a fair to good jacket. Size: 12mo. Book.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1952. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 154pp, illust. Edges red-speckled, green cloth, glossy brown d/j. D/j price-clipped (pre-sale), a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, short tear to front panel. A good copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this study on spiders by Theodore H Savory, with colour illustrations. The first edition.Part of the 'Wayside and Woodland Series'.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and twenty-seven plates including eight in colour. Collated complete.This work was written by the English teacher and arachnologist, Theodore H. Savory. This study focuses on the spider web, providing details on the anatomy of the spider and how they use their bodies to construct webs.In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine, slight shelf wear and slight marks to the front board. Internally generally firmly bound frontispiece tender, with clean and lightly age toned pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lovely copy of this 1st edition, 1st printing. 154 pp with 8 colour plates, 19 half-tone plates from photographs by the author, 35 drawings in the text. Book has spotting to pages edges and slight foxing to prelim's/end papers otherwise is fine with no other marks or inscriptions. ( Boards are mint ) Dust jacket has rubbing all round with small closed tears and slight loss to extremities, uniform fade to marked spine, not price clipped. Now in a clear removable protective sleeve.

Condition: Good. With jacket, tight binding, unmarked text, jacket has some tears. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG minus condition. Minor shelf and perusal wear. Dust jacket intact with some creasing, now protected by mylar. Pages are well bound. Previous owner's mark on inside of back cover; otherwise, text appears clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover shows minor wear. Pages are lightly tanned and clean with a bumped bottom corner cause slight creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A nice copy of book with relatively light age wear. Dust jacket has tape reinforced edges. With 8 plates in full color, 19 half-tone illustrations, and 35 line drawings in the text. 154 pages. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Smaller 8vo pp. 154, coloured and black and white plates, illustrated endpapers. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (1952) 154 pp., all illus. plates are present (8 in color); could be called near fine but for slight rubbing along cloth edge; d/j shows wear and chipping at edges, but panels are whole and attractive. A very nice copy of this book from the "Wayside and Woodland Series".

First edition hard back binding in wayside and woodland series format, publisher's peppermint green cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, square corners, red sprinkled edges, brown tinted photographic end sheets. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 154 pp with 8 colour plates, 19 half-tone plates from photographs by the author, 35 drawings in the text. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with one small chip to the top front corner, short closed tear to the bottom front corner, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. WAYSIDE WOODLAND (Series).

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured and monochrome plates, numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of tan faux-morocco, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, radial corners, red sprinkled edges, a near fine copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'A masterly account that is still well-regarded today' (Marren). One of the few titles of the series to have but one edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Marren, pp. 179-180.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 154 pages illustrations, plates (some color) 18 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150). Contents; Includes glossary. Subjects; Spider webs. Spiders. Hunting, predatory behaviour. Arachnids. Insects. Wildlife. 1 Kg.

First edition hard back binding in wayside and woodland series format, publisher's peppermint green cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, square corners, red sprinkled edges, brown tinted photographic end sheets. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 154 pp with 8 colour plates, 19 half-tone plates from photographs by the author, 35 drawings in the text. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, the dust wrapper has an 80p Warne price label, over priced with 20/- and is price-clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. WAYSIDE WOODLAND (Series).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.01.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. Two detailed guide book on dragonflies and spiders intended to be used in the field. The first edition of The Spider's Web was published in 1952, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The second enlarged edition of The Dragonflies of the British Isles was published in 1949, in the original clipped dust wrapper. The Dragonflies of the British Isles was written by Cynthia Longfield for use in the field. It aims to provide a detailed but concise guide to British dragonflies. The text is accompanied by detailed colour illustrations. This edition is based on information collected in W. J. Lucas's book Britain Dragonflies published in 1900. The first edition of Dragonflies of the British Isles was published in 1937. The Dragonflies of the British Isles includes fifty-eight plates and detailed vignettes. Collated complete. The Spider's Web was written by Theodore H. Savory to trace the evolution of the spider an animal largely misunderstood. This is the study of both the spider and their web.The Spider's Web includes twenty-seven plates, detailed vignettes, and diagrams. Collated Complete. Both of these works form, part of the Wayside and Woodland Series. In the original publisher's cloth. The Spider's Web is in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Dragonflies of The British Isles is in a clipped dust wrapper. A small closed tear to the dust wrapper of The Spider's Web. Edgewear to the dust wrappers. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The odd spot to the first few pages of The Dragonflies of the British Isles. The pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.