Wild Australia: A View of Birds and Men Tapa dura - 1977

First edition. "The author is a distinguished scientist who has never lost his feeling of affection and admiration for the world about him and who can express his observations in a lucid, even lyric style, free of academic jargon and obscurity." The front and spine of the dustjacket are faded. There is a tear (3cm) at top lefthand corner with no loss. There is wear at the top of the spine, shelf wear and overall general surface rubbing. The blue board covers have the title in gilt along the spine. The corners are bumped. There is marked shelf wear and also wear at the crown of the spine. The text is very clean and clear, but very minor foxing on a couple of pages. There are no annotations anywhere in the book. There are numerous black and white photos and colour illustrations, many full page. We are happy to provide additional photos and information on request.

Sydney: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Paperback. 0002114461 . Boards rubbed on bottom edge ; Colour and b/w illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages .

Sydney: Collins. 1977. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs & 13 Colour paintings & in-text black & white drawings. by Artist, John Olsen. 128 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Collins, Sydney, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: John Olsen. introduction by author, further reading and index. There are 9 full paged and 4 double page colour illustrations by John Olsen, one illustration being the frontispiece . Also illustrating the text are numerous black and white photographs. Illustrated endpapers [both different), showing various sketches of birds by the artist. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by John Olsen, with maroon coloured titles on front cover and on spine. This book formed the basis of television series, and in seven stories tells of the interaction of man and bird. Rubbing two the book edges with bumping to the lower book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. The boards show and a few marks. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the panels. Fading of the back strip and to just the 1st cm also… Leer más

Sydney, William Collins first edition - h/c in d.j. There are two themes in this book : the first is the impact of man on some species of birds and the resilience which natural populations of animals can exhibit in the face of man's encroachment. The second theme is the subtleness of the beauties of the natural world, or rather the pleasure that can be found in seeing past the obviously spectacular. Wonderful full colour drawings by John Olsen. 260 x 195mm., pp 128, b/w and col. plates t/out, very slight tape marks on end/ps., contents & d.j. VG+ ISBN: 0002114461

Collins, 1977-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Good. Both the b/w photos and drawings and color paintings show extraordinary sensibility to landscape and wildlife of rural Australia and the small offshore islands. The text, by a distinquished scientist, is lyrical. *** 128pp. *** Index, bibl. *** 1st ed. > DJ Good | > Language: English | > Size: 4to | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |