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MEINERTZHAGEN, COLONEL R. D.S.O.. BIRDS OF ARABIA. Oliver and Boyd, EDINBURGH/LONDON, 1954.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WITH A TAPE -REPAIRED JACKET, IN TWO PIECES , SPLIT AT SPINE AT REAR. SCARCE, EVEN IN THIS CONDITION PREVIOUS OWNER BOOKPLATE. WITH MAP IN REAR POCKET
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
MEINERTZHAGEN, COLONEL R. D.S.O.. BIRDS OF ARABIA. Oliver and Boyd, EDINBURGH/LONDON, 1954.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WITH A TAPE -REPAIRED JACKET, IN TWO PIECES , SPLIT AT SPINE AT REAR. SCARCE, EVEN IN THIS CONDITION PREVIOUS OWNER BOOKPLATE. WITH MAP IN REAR POCKET
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Meinertzhagen, Colonel R. Birds of Arabia. Oliver and Boyd, London, 1954.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: Tan cloth with a little soiling to bottom paper edges corners. Some rubbing to top, bottom of spine. Binding tight, pages bright and clean with all plates and diagrams intact. DJ tan with green lettering, cover, back and spine, chipping to top of spine and top corners of DJ. Spine darkened and some to back on front. Pull out map of Arabia in sleeve in back of book in beautiful condition.
Seller: Allison Robinson Books, DUXBURY, MA, U.S.A.
Meinertzhagen, Colonel R.. Birds of Arabia. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1954.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Pleasant Street Books, woodstock, VT, U.S.A.
MEINERTZHAGEN COLONEL R.. BIRDS OF ARABIA. OLIVER & BOYD LONDON, 1954.
Price: US$270.40 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD, BUT SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR. 19 COLOUR PLATES, 9 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. NUMEROUS TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. COLOURED MAP IN REAR POCKET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$319.33 + shipping
Description: Hardback. 4to. (11 x 8 inches.) In light brown cloth covers lettered in dark green to spine. In original dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. Rubbing to edges. Spine darkened and rubbed. In protective sleeve.) Cloth a little faded at spine with some minor rubbing to edges and corners. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. Map in rear pocket. A very clean and tight copy. Col. Meinertzhagen served in East Africa with the King's African Rifles from 1902 - 1906. He served in the First World War, saw service in Kenya, Palestine, the War Office and France. Author of "Birds of Egypt" and "Birds of Arabia". 624pp. With 19 colour plates, 9 photographic plates, 53 text-figures, 35 text maps and a folding map in rear pocket.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.). BIRDS OF ARABIA. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh/London, 1954.
Price: US$360.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION xiii, 624pp., brown cloth, black lettering,green lettering, spine edges a little rubbed, some slight markings to jacket, spine sunned, small tear to top of spine, light spotting on outer page edges, free endpapers slightly browned, colour plates and b&w images within, fold out map in pocket at rear, pages clean. Please note that due to the weight of the book extra postage will be required for shipping outside of the UK. Size: 10.75" x 7.75"
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
MEINERTZHAGEN COLONEL R.. BIRDS OF ARABIA. LONDON OLIVER AND BOYD, 1954.
Price: US$412.04 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, QUARTO, A BEAUTIFUL COPY REBOUND IN CRUSHED DARK GREEN MOROCCO OVER MARBLED BOARDS, NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY FINE. WITH 19 COLOUR PLATES, 9 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES 53 TEXT FIGURES, 35 TEXT MAPS AND A COLOURED MAP IN THE REAR POCKET. A WONDERFUL COPY.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Price: US$772.58 + shipping
Description: First edition, 1954. Signed by the author on front flyleaf with a dedication and dated February 1955. Hardback. xiii, 624pp plus plates and a loosely inserted folded colour map. Bound in Burgundy half morocco with five raised bands and gilt to spine. 19 full page colour plates by George Lodge, D. M. Reid-Henry and Miss Talbot Kelly. 9 black & white photographic plates (between pages 8 and 9), 53 text figures and 35 text maps. Book in near fine condition. Minor spotting to text block edges. Internally very clean and bright. A very attractive and signed copy.
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom