Search Results: Titles starting with A from Fieldfare Books

Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This book is about the history of a corner of Fenland which after centuries of litter and turf-cutting, was hustled into cultivation only to revert to a wilderness of water and reed-beds-almost primative fen.There is a pen inscription inside and the jacket has been price clipped and worn around the edges with colour faded on the spine.

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. In this book is a selection of Nature stories and studies with fifty photographs by Eric J Hosking. The Jacket has been price clipped and is worn around the edges.

Hamlyn, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bryan Sage, on whom Alaska has made an indelible impression, skilfully brings alive this magic place with its exciting landscapes, dramatic skies and its varied and fascinating flora and fauna. The book is illustrated with 61 colour and 34 black and white photographs. There is a pen inscription on the first page.

Oliver & Boyd, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This book covers a very wide field of experiment and observation. Separate chapters are devoted to the struggle for survival, feeding, fighting, mating, migration and many more. There is a pen inscription inside and the jacket has been price clipped.The jacket is also a little worn around the edges and a small stain on the back.

Oliver & Boyd, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Professor Wynne-Edwards of Aberdeen University in this book deals with the methods by which the numbers and population densities of animals are controlled, and develops a new theory. The first page is loose from the spine and there is some foxing. The cover is very stained. The Jacket is stained and has a large tear going down the front.

London: Sidgwick And Jackson Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. This book is concerned with what may be called the sociology and economics of animals, rather than the structural and other adaptations possessed by them. There is a pen inscription inside and slight foxing. The Jacket has a small ink stain on the front as is a little worn around the edges.

London: Sidgwick And Jackson Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The purpose of this book is to state in a summary form and, so far as possible, non technical language the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution to which recent work in biology leads. The Jacket has a couple of tiny marks on the front.

Max Parrish, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. Signed by Author. For eight years the Author has collected stories and photographs for the scrapbook, he tells many stories of people in the long British tradition of love of pets. There is some slight foxing inside. The Jacket has foxing and wear around the edges.

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Good. This book explains how sight, smell, hearing, touch etc., as well as some obscure and little understood senses, are used by animals in their everyday life. The cover is a little worn.

Oregon State University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Folklore has myths to explain how birds, fish, and animals know how to orient themselves in strange places and to migrate with clocklike precision, but a scientist seeks more rational explanantions. There is a pen inscription inside and the cover has marks on it. The Jacket is marked and stained and a small tear on the spine. This book comes from the collection of David Pitman who was once in the top 10 for his world list of species seen.

G T Foulis & Co, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Man threatens with extinction some of the most extraordinary and beautiful creatures of the world. To get this threat into perspective the Author traces the history of man's impact on African animals from the Roman games, where they were put to fight men or other animals to there display as a tourist attraction.

London: Thacker, Spink & Co. Hardcover. Acceptable. This book has a pen inscription on the whole first page and a bit on the next, The first couple of pages are a little loose from the spine and there is slight foxing inside. The cover is worn around the edges and stained in a couple of places.

London: Victor Gonnancz Ltd. Hardcover. Good/Good. This book is divided into six parts, Prehistoric Times, Ancient Time and the Middle Ages, the age of discovery, the age of ideas, the machine age and the chemical age. There is slight foxing to the page ends and the Jacket has been price clipped and a little worn around the edges.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Maxwell Knight has kept nearly every kind of animal it is possible to keep, ranging from bear cubs to microscopic forms of life. First Hand Knowledge of the habits, senses and behaviour of animals is the basis of this lively and controversial book about welfare and human treatment of them, principally in the home but also in medical research, zoos, circuses and field sports.There is slight foxing to the page ends and a tiny sticker on the inside back cover. The cover is stained along the spine. The Jacket is a little worn around the edges with slight foxing on the back.

London: Seeley And Co Ltd, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. This book looks at things like, animals in society, courage, sense of humor, grief, play and much more. There is slight foxing throughout and a pen inscription inside. The cover is a little worn around the edges.

London: Selley And Co Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Good. This book looks at a wide range of creatures from Pigs, Horses to Goats and the challenges they face. There are sixteen illustrations in the book. There is foxing on most pages and an inscription on the inside cover.

Seeley And Co Ltd, 1898. Hardcover. Good. How some of the wild animals have managed to maintain themselves during the bad times of the nineteenth century, their shifts and their expedients, and personal idiosyncrasies, and instances of their survival under difficulties are set out in many of the following chapters. There is some foxing on most pages and the cover is a little faded along the spine and worn on the corners.

Howard Timmins, 1962. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Author has a world wide reputation in regard to the animals of Africa and this guide will enable visitors to the whole of East Africa to identify every animal they may see, whilst the information on their habits will be found most valuable.The Jacket has some foxing all over it and on the page ends.

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1972-05-11. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Man's life in civilized communities is closely related to the ways in which he has adapted the uses of the earth's animals and plants to match his needs. The Author shows how by their transformation, leisure became possible, and how relative freedom from hunting and gathering food in the wild released more people to be builders, craftsman etc. The cover is a little faded in places. The Jacket has been price clipped.

London: J M Dent And Sons Ltd, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. This book is an attempt to answer all the questions that will fly into your head when you buy or find or are given an animal which you want to keep as a pet. There are sixteen photographs and twenty-one diagrams. There is a small library sticker inside the cover. The cover is a little faded along the edges and the spine.