Bird Life on Island and Shore by Guthrie-Smith, H - 1925

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1925. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. 195 pages, plus plates. Corners and spine ends are a little rubbed, and end leaves are a little darkened. Dust jacket shows rubbed and scattered wear, mostly along edges. Jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Rebound. Library stamps and markings. Cloth torn along most of rear joint, and upper 40mm of front joint. ; xix, [1], 195 pages + frontispiece + plates. Page dimensions: 193 x 128mm. New Zealand natural history, ornithology. ; 8vo .

William Blackwood & Sons 1925. First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce New Zealand Ornithology. Book condition. Very Good. Has three previous ownership stamps, light tanning, a book store label to the front pastedown and some pencil erasure to the ffep. The Jacket is price clipped on the spine, a few short closed tears, minor edgewear and the ghost of a sticker to the front. 195pp + many monotone photographic images.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1925. Guthrie-Smith's writings also consider the wider national picture this book begins with an impassioned plea for the official protection of native birds and their forest habitats. The contents are observations at Porangahau Estuary, Esk River, Little Barrier Island, and Foveaux Strait told in his fluent, accessible, even chatty, a relaxed mix of science, anecdote, lyricism, humour and adventure, all keenly observed. CONDITION A Near Fine copy, Green bds, Gilt to spine slightly dulled, pp xix 195 with wonderful half tone photo plates through out, a little edge spotting. Particularly clean and crisp copy. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 225mm Tall, 8vo. Birds of New Zealand. .

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. G/G. 1925. ........ Cloth w/DJ. Includes a list of plants and birds. With 68 illustrations. . 8vo., xix, 195pp., Rubbed, foxing of fore-edges, some underlining .

William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1925. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. Wear to spine ends and corners of boards. Tanned pages with foxing on end pages. No inscriptions. Page edges foxed and browned. A little rubbing to gilt titles on front cover and spine. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 195 pages of text plus 68 pages of photographic illustrations. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Inventory No: 12040043..

William Blackwood., 1925. 1st. Ed.. pp.xix, 195 with b/w. photo. plates. 8vo. Bookplate to front paste down. A nr. fine hdbk. A very pleasing copy. Superb close-up photography of birds and their nests. Well respected William Herbert Guthrie-Smith (1861-1940) was a New Zealand farmer, author and conservationist.