Wild Chorus by Peter Scott (81 results)
Published by Country Life Limited London, London, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, United KingdomThe Calder Bookshop & Theatre
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Country life Ltd, 1941. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good.Dust jacket condition: No dust jacket 1941. Green/Blue cloth boards. Slight rubbing. Gold lettering. Tightly bound. Clean slightly tanned pages. Illustrated. Peter Scott (illustrator).
Published by Country Life, London, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Z & Z Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Z & Z Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. London: Country Life, 1946. 20 color & 48 black and white plates along with many illustrations, all by Peter Scott. . Cover is much faded with some edge wear and bumped corners. Inside has occasional foxing. Still a reasonable copy, much loved but clean, with great art. 122 pages. Hard Cover. Good.
Published by Country Life, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1941. Reprinted. 118 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout by Peter Scott. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards h…ave moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.
Language: English
Published by Country Life Ltd., London, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United KingdomRyde Bookshop Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Firmly bound, green cloth boards without a jacket, a few small marks on the cover, a little darkening on the spine and lower and spine edge of the front, no writing inside. Peter Scott (illustrator).
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Published by Country Life Limited, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United KingdomNeo Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Corner unclipped, dustjacket well worn, water damage to edges of front and back covers, edges chipped and worn, paper brittle as a result of water damage, edges creased and worn, some rips and nicks, surface faded and worn, wear to covers and spine, edges patchy and faded…as a result of water damage, corners bumped and a little worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing, cover boards still strong and not weakened by water damage, previous owners book plaque on front end paper.
Published by Country Life Ltd., London, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. 9 x 12 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with light wear, a few small paint spots. Binding tight and text unmarked. Nat. RGR.
More imagesPublished by Country Life Limited, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United KingdomElder Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4to, hardback bound in Original Cloth, ix + 118 Pages, Colour Illustrations, Top & Bottom of Spine & Corners Bumped, Cloth has some Marks mostly to Rear Board and Age Related Wear, End Papers Lightly Browned, Overall A Good - Very Good Copy. Extra Postage Costs may apply to Overseas Or…ders.
Published by Country Life. London. 1938, 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Add to basketALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1938) later reprint. 4to (227 x 291mm). Ppx,120. Colour & b/w by the author. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Various minor faults, stained and rubbed, good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. "At my home, which is a ligh…thouse, standing upon a sea wall at the mouth of an east coast river, live several hundred wild geese and ducks. Without their co-operation many of the pictures in this book could not have been painted, and many of the chapters would not have been written." Chapters include: The chorus of the geese; Anabel - the story of a wild goose; Brogden - a marsh; Barnacle Bill; Great occasions; Twelve hours afloat; The railway bridge; Broadcasting; A broadcast; The wild geese of Hungary; To Roumania; The Delta and the Black Sea; The return journey; The Lesser Whitefronts; A flare, a gong and a net; More about the Caspian shore; Fabulous birds; The Shelducks; The lighthouse birds; Beware!; The magic spell. .
Language: English
Published by Country Life, London, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United KingdomBalfour Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Fair Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt titles on cover and on faded spine. Spine worn at head/foot with much fading around cover margins. Previous owner's inscription on FFE. Coloured frontis with attractive colour and b/w plates.
Published by Country Life Limited, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United KingdomAucott & Thomas
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Third Printing. Clean, large format hardback bound in green cloth with gilt titles, head of spine has been reattached, cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends, spine and edges tanned, no inscriptions. 120 pages, colour and black & white illustrations on plates plus drawings in…the text by the author, illustrated endpapers.
Published by Country Life UK, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New ZealandBook Express (NZ)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 118 pages. Cover slightly worn, Light tanning A beautifully illustrated anthology focusing on wildfowl, specifically geese and ducks, observed along the East Anglian coast and international locations. It blends personal travel memoirs with detailed artistic observations, exploring t he passion for nat…ure and wildfowling that led to Scott?s later career in cons ervation.
Published by Country Life. London. 1938, 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Add to basketALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). (1938) later reprint. 4to (227 x 291mm). Ppx,120. Colour & b/w plates by the author, b/w illustrations. Browning to end-papers, preliminaries and edges but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. "At my home, which is a lighthouse, standin…g upon a sea wall at the mouth of an east coast river, live several hundred wild geese and ducks. Without their co-operation many of the pictures in this book could not have been painted, and many of the chapters would not have been written." Chapters include: The chorus of the geese; Anabel. The story of a wild goose; Brogden - a marsh; Barnacle Bill; Great occasions; Twelve hours afloat; the railway bridge; Broadcasting; A broadcast; The wild geese of Hungary; To Roumania; The Delta and the Black Sea; The return journey; The Lesser Whitefronts; A flare, a gong and a net; More about the Caspian shore; Fabulous birds; The Shelducks; The lighthouse birds; Beware!; The magic spell. .
Published by Country Life, 1949
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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Add to basket1949 reprint in tight binding with numerous colour and B&W illustrations by the author. Dust jacket not price-clipped with discolouration, wear, tear and losses to edges and corners. Scattered foxing to page fore-edges and endpapers; page edges yellowed with some discolouration spots scattered throughout; owner's name on front f…ree endpaper; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.
Published by Country Life 1951, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketLg quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G-) very scruffy jacket, heavy foil residue to pgs 68-69- text block mostly covered; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Order…ing more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
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Published by Country Life, United Kingdom, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: M. C. Wilson, Perth, WA, AustraliaM. C. Wilson
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Reprint 1949 very good hardback, bottom right corner bumped, foxing and browning to page edges and endpapers, in a good dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed, small closed tears, small pieces missing to top and bottom of spine and piece missing to top edge o…f front wrapper, foxing outside cover. Contents bright and clean. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. 120 pages. 20 colour plates and 48 sepia plates. Illustrations. Peter Scott (illustrator).
Published by Country Life Limited, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United KingdomTrumpington Fine Books Limited
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Add to basketGreen Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 118pp. 1939 third impression (second trade edition). 4to. A clean, tight, very good copy in original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. 20 colour plates - all as called for and numerous sepia plates (also as called for) and line draw…ings by Peter Scott illustrate the text. An ex-libris bookplate to the front endpaper - not filled in. No inscriptions.A bump to the lower rear board corner and a bump the front lower board corner with associated bumps to the text block corners - not heavy. A little rubbing to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine with some slight loss to the tail. Slight spotting to the rear endpapers.A very good copy of what is an early impression.
Published by Country Life, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, WILTS, United KingdomZardoz Books
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Add to basketReprint Edition. Condition: vg+/vg. vg+ reprint Country Life Limited 1949 edition hardcover with vg dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by Country Life Ltd, 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United KingdomThe Guru Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Highly collectable no dust jacket on green boards a little stained reprint but somewhat damaged by water plates are buckled but the text remains bright and clean. Acceptable reading copy and still collectable will post 1st class post.
Published by Country Life, London, 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United KingdomPEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA
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Add to basketCondition: Good. x, 120, 20 col and 48 sepia plates. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth. Some foxing. Gift inscription to front endpaper. Short closed tear to bottom margin of a couple of pages, one neatly repaired with japanese tissue. Good in rather worn/repaired d/w, with loss to rear panel. Seventh impression (first published 1939).
Published by country life ltd
- Hardcover
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, AustraliaBarclay Books
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Add to basketHARDCOVER. 1951. Reprint. A very good copy bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Lightly rubbed to the spine ends, a previous owners name to the front pastedown and a lovely gift inscription to the front free endpaper. No d/w.
Language: English
Published by Country Life Limited, London, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Brazenhead Ltd, King's Lynn, United KingdomBrazenhead Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (x) 119pp. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Author's dated signature to ffep together with dated ownership inscription. Boards sunned with foxing to spine. Textblock and illustrations clean bright and tight.
Published by Country Life, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United KingdomAnybook.com
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Add to basketCondition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.
Language: English
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Small World Books
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good +. No DJ. Inscription to former owner by author with unique illustration, second signature on title page, and some previous seller's markings on inside cover, otherwise clean and solid copy. Green clothbound with gold print, spine has sunned to a darker green. Some brown stains on front and back covers…. Normal shelf wear. Rip in binding near bottom of the spine has been repaired. No first class or priority shipping. Illustrated in colored oil paintings and black and white ink drawings (illustrator). Signed by Author and Illustrat.
Published by London: Country Life, 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketReprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 118 pages, illustrations (some color). Subjects: Water birds. Geese. Ducks. Birds; Pictorial wo…rks. Birds Romania. Game and game-birds. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Country Life, 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerReprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 118 pages, illustrations (some color). Subjects: Water birds. Geese. Ducks. Birds; Pictorial wo…rks. Birds Romania. Game and game-birds. 1 Kg.
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- Hardcover
Seller: Librería Torreón de Rueda, Segovia, SG, SpainLibrería Torreón de Rueda
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Add to basketEncuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. London. Edit. Country Life Limited. Imp. Robert Maclehose and CO. Ltd. 1949. 29x22 cm. 118 págs. Láminas a color de las pinturas del autor. Tela edit. Texto en inglés. # arte.
Published by COUNTRY LIFE LONDON, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United KingdomHawkridge Books
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Add to basketREPRINT, VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN GREEN CLOTH. NO DUSTWRAP, PLATES IN COLOUR AND SEPIA BY AUTHOR. INSCRIPTIO TO FEP, SOME FOXING TO TITLE PAGE BUT OTHERWISE NICE AND CLEAN.
Published by COUNTRY LIFE LONDON, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United KingdomHawkridge Books
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Add to basketVERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN GREEN CLOTH. PLATES IN COLOUR AND SEPIA BY AUTHOR.
Published by Country Life Ltd., London, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Robert Wright, trading as 'The Bookman', Norwich, United KingdomRobert Wright, trading as 'The Bookman'
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Eighth Reprint of First (1939) Edition. Recounting ornithological observations. Eighth Reprint of First (Ordinary, 1939) Edn., 1949 (the book was originally pub. in a Signed Limited Edn., 1938); full green cloth; titling blocked in gilt (bright) to front board/spine…; top edge green (very slightly faded); ix+[i]+118+[2]pp.; illus. col. plates and bw. repros. (paintings)/drawings. Spine very lightly rubbed/crushed at tail, but robust/clean/bright; boards very clean/crisp/bright; light foxing to bottom edges and endpapers, but text very fresh, pages clean and very crisp/bright; slightly soiled dj. has small chips/tears to top/bottom edges, with small loss (approx. 12mm x 20mm) to tail of spine, but dj. bright. No inscriptions. A weighty tome at approx. 1200g (packaged), hence overseas customers are welcome to contact us to ascertain additional shipping charges incurred. VG- in Good unclipped dj. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by Peter SCOTT (illustrator). Hardback.
Published by COUNTRY LIFE LONDON, 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United KingdomHawkridge Books
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Add to basketVERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN GREEN CLOTH. PLATES IN COLOUR AND SEPIA BY AUTHOR. REPRINT. PETER SCOTT CARD IS STUCK TO THE INSIDE FRONT COVER.
