SWIFTS IN A TOWER by Lack, David - 1956

Paperback. Good.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; First published in 1956 this new edition from the RSPB still offers the clearest insights into this much loved and enigmatic bird Published to coincide with the RSPBs Oxford Swift City project The author David Lack is one of the most ce

Hardback. New.

London: Unicorn, 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. Smaller 8vo. pp. 274, ""First published in 1956, Swifts in a Tower still offers astonishing insights into the private lives of swifts, their lifestyles, and the environment they inhabit. Now more than sixty years later, swifts have been studied even more thoroughly, using technology unimaginable in the 1950s. This research has revealed more secrets of these indomitable…

Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1973. Nice copy. Price clipped dust jacket with no rips or chips.. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Methuen, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 239 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Methuen, 1956. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1st editiion. Not price clipped. has contmporary gift inscription on the inside front page.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo (14 x 20cm). pp. 239, b/w plates. Dust jacket near fine, bright, small shadow on the spine from a removed label, edges crisp, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Contents clean and tight, very top edges of the reference section with a few creases, fore-edges a little dust soiled, no inscriptions or marking, paper bright. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket..

Great Britain: Methuen, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near fine book with previous owner's bookplate, signature, place and date in a very good jacket with wear to corners, still VG. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

London: Methuen, 1956. 1st edition, 8vo, 239pp, photo illustrations; pretty decent example of this scarce item, some light edge spotting, ffep foxed, previous owner's neat name to top of ffep o/w safely VG Copy in dusty DJ, price clipped and lightly nicked at extrems and a little foxed to lower panel but which is by and large just the way we like to get 'em. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.