THE WATERFOWL OF THE WORLD Four Volumes by Delacour, Jean - 1973

London: Country Life. Hardcover. Good. Peter Scott. A good hardcover set of Volumes I-IV, First Impressions. Shelf wear, Volume I cocked, Volume IV with a few small white paint chips on front cover. London: Country Life, 1954-1964. Color plates by Peter Scott. Distribution maps. A classic work.

London: Country Life, 1954-1956. First edition.. A near fine copy in near fine dust jackets.. Pp. (vol. 1): 284, 16 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 33 distribution maps; pp. (vol. 2): 232, 24 color plates from paintings by Peter Scott, 29 distribution maps. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine in red panel label and with 8 sets of gilt panel lines, front cover with gilt scene of flying ducks on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Volume I covers the Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks. Volume II covers the Dabbling Ducks. This is the first edition of volume I and volume II of this well-known set that is complete in four volumes. Signature of Chet Dolley on the front endpaper of volume II.

London: Country Life Limited Book. Fine-. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Four blue cloth hardcovers with dustjackets. Volume 1: book is fine; jacket is fair; 1959. Volume 2: book is fine minus; jacket is fair;1956. Volume 3: book is very good; jacket is good minus; 1959. Volume 4: book is fine; jacket is good minus; 1964. Will require extra for shipping. Not available for international shipping..

Country Life / Arco Publishing 1974. 4 VOL BOXED SET, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, brown lettering to spines, gilt decoration to spines & boards, page edges stained brown, frontispieces, various pagination, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine extrems with some minor discolouration, occasional light foxing to some pages & boards) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & chafing/bruising, moderate foxing & soiling)

London: Country Life Limited. VG+. 1966. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Complete 4 volume set. With sixteen plates in colour by Peter Scott and thirty-three distribution maps. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

COUNTRY LIFE. LONDON. 1973. VERY GOOD FOUR VOLUME SET, CREAM CLOTH, FIFTH IMPRESSION 1973. SIXTEEN PLATES IN COLOUR BY PETER SCOTT, AND THIRTY-THREE DISTRIBUTION MAPS.

London: Country Life. Four volume set, blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Vol. I., publ. 1954, 284pp., 16 col. plates, 33 distribution maps; Vol. II., publ. 1956, 232pp., 24 col. plates, 29 distribution maps; Vol. III., publ. 1959, 270pp., 20 col. plates, forty-six distribution maps; Vol. IV., publ. 1964, 364pp., 6 col. plates, b/w illus. Common to all vols.: Extremities slightly bumped and worn. Some foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer edges of text blocks o/w contents in good to very good condition. Vol. II. : five hinges cracked. Paper dustwrappers to all volumes shelf worn, a little grubby, chipped or with closed tears. Heavy, four volume set (combined weight 4.7 kg) - UK and Overseas orders may require additional postage. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1954.

London: Country Life Limited, 1963-66. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10" by 7.5" . Peter Scott. The complete set of works, including the first edition of volume four, from the 'Waterfowl of the World' series by Jean Delacour, illustrated with full colour illustrations by Peter Scott. Four volume set. Complete in four. The first edition for 'Volume four'. In the original publishers blue cloth with gilt birds to the front and with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by Peter Scott with frontispieces, maps, full page monochrome illustrations, vignettes and 19 full colour plates to 'volume three', five to 'volume four', twenty three to 'volume two' and fifteen to ' volume one'. Collated complete. This work was written by Jean Delacour, one of the most widely travelled and foremost ornithologists from this time period. This four volume set provides a comprehensive work on waterfowl, covering many species and topics. The works are beautifully illustrated by Peter… Read More

Country Life, 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Peter Scott. Country Life, 1954 - 1964. Four volume set. Vol. 1, third impression, Vol. 2, second impression, Vol. 3, second impression, Vol. 4, first printing. Hard Cover, blue cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration. Dust jackets have moderate shelfwear, small tears at edges, more at tops of spines. Covers are in beautiful condition, very slight shelfwear on bottom edges. Mild foxing on endpapers, otherwise pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Bindings are tight, hinges are perfect. Numerous full-page colour plates by Peter Scott. Very nice set.

London: Country Life, 1975. Seventh and final printing.. A fine set in a fine clear dust jackets in a fine slipcase.. Pp. 1174, 66 fine color plates by Peter Scott, 10 black-and-white plates, 108 maps, 37 text-figures. Publisher’s original tan cloth, gilt decorations on the spine and gilt border decorations on the front cover, lettered in brown on the spine, in original clear plastic dust jackets housed in a color pictorial cloth-covered slipcase, sm 4to (10 x 7 1/2 inches). Contents include: Volume 1: The Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks; Volume 2: The Dabbling Ducks; Volume 3: Eiders, Pochards, Perching Ducks, Scoters, Golden-Eyes and Mergansers, Stiff-tailed Ducks; Volume 4: General Habits, The Reproductive Cycle Ecology, Distribution and Species Relationships, Fowling, Conservations and Management, Aviculture, Domestic Waterfowl, The Anatomy of Waterfowl, Fossil Anseriformes, Corrections and Addictions. Volume 1 is signed and dated by the artist… Read More

Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.

New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Leather Bound. Good. Half leather over cloth boards in good condition. Marbled endpapers. TEG. With 40 hand-colored engravings. Raised bands on the spine. A few words underlined pp. 115-116. Some foxing. Eight pages have a dark mark in the center of the page, but the text is still legible. A damp stain on the lower corner of many pages. With additions and Supplementary notes by William Jardine. Edited with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author and a complete index by Edward Jesse.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.