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Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus. Country Life Limited, London, 1938.
Price: US$148.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xii., 118 pages, coloured frontis. & 23 colour plates, with titled tissue guards, & 64 b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt, others uncut. No. 259 of an edition of 1250, signed by Peter Scott to the limitation page. Some bumping, soiling, wear to covers, previous owner's heraldic bookplate to front endpaper, some age toning to pages. Size - 320mm. x 265mm. [15601/773] Size: 325mm. x 265mm.
Seller: William Glynn, Reydon, United Kingdom
Peter Scott. Wild Chorus. Scribner's & Country Life Limited, 1938.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed and limited edition, one of 1250 copies thus. Large volume, 10" by 12.5". Clean, bright, and attractive with numerous plates and tissue guards. Includes dust jacket, which lacks about half of spine but is otherwise intact.
Seller: Open Boat Booksellers, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.
Peter Scott. Wild Chorus. Country Life Limited, 1938.
Price: US$154.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: *Signed Limited Edition* Country Life Limited, 1938. 4to. xii + 118pp with 24 coloured plates and 64 black and white plates. Limited edition of 1250 of which this is number 367. Signed by artist on limitation page. Hardcover no dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering are in very good condition showing a little wear around edges and spine. Top edge gilt. Inside minimal intermittent foxing throughout , more prevalent on first pages, otherwise a lovely copy.
Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus [SIGNED]. Country Life Limited, London, 1938.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 330 of a limited edition of 1,250 copies signed by author on verso of half-title. pp xi, 116 with frontispiece and 19 plates in color, 63 plates in black and white, and additional line drawings. Bound in blue cloth with title stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Slight ripple to cloth on front board, minor foxing to endpapers, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper; all else about fine. Only partial dust jacket presen: lacks spine panel and is edgeworn and lightly spotted. With the original blue cardboard slipcase, which is heavily rubbed. From the dust jacket: "This book is a description and appreciation of those most exciting and mysterious birds - Wildfowl. It is full of interesting anecdotes and not without humour. It includes adventures in Hungary, Roumania and Persia and a chapter on fabulous birds." Due to size, shipping will be more than standard for Priority or International orders.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus. Country Life, 1938.
Price: US$232.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition No. 453 of 1200. Signed by the author. Large 4to. 116pp. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles. T.E.G. In light blue illustrated dust wrapper with red titles, some heavy edge wear to wrapper front with section missing from top edge and some minor spotting to wrapper spine. In worn blue card slipcase. Extensively illustrated with plates by the author. Overall a Very Good copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus. Country Life, 1938.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good hardcover of the Limited Edition in dust jacket. Worn Slipcase. Copy No. 152 of 250 copies reserved for sale in America. Signed by the author who also illustrated this work. Twenty-four color plates with tissue guards plus many more b&w illustrations.
Seller: Buteo Books, Arrington, VA, U.S.A.
SCOTT PETER. WILD CHORUS. COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON, 1938.
Price: US$464.92 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 642, SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT. IN HANDSOME BLUE CLOTH, GILT TITLES, ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE WITH TISSUE COVERINGS. WITH A WORN SLIPCASE. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus: A Book of Wildfowl. Country Life, London, 1938.
Price: US$497.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xii, 120, col frontis, 23 col + 64 b/w plates, line drawings. . HB. 4to, orig. blue buckram, gt, teg, other edges uncut. Vg in d/w and slip-case (d/w slightly worn, a few short edge tears; chipped with minor loss to foot of spine; some light foxing to spine; in removable protective sleeve; slip-case with some wear and a few splash marks to one corner). Rarely found with dust jacket and slip-case. First Edition. Written and illustrated by British ornithologist, conservationist and artist Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989). Signed edition limited to 1200 numbered copies, each signed by the author. No 545/1200.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus. Country Life, London, 1938.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 1250 signed copies. With 24 color and 64 black and white illustrations by the author, along with numerous line drawings. 1 vols. Lg 4to. A Wildfowl Classic. A book that has become a classic, and one of the last great examples of pre-war British book production. Original blue cloth, about fine With 24 color and 64 black and white illustrations by the author, along with numerous line drawings. 1 vols. Lg 4to First edition, one of 1250 signed copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SCOTT PETER. WILD CHORUS. COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS. LONDON, 1938.
Price: US$516.57 + shipping
Description: LIMITED EDITION (1250 COPIES) IN HANDSOME HALF BLUE LEATHER AND CLOTH, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLES, SIGNED BY PETER SCOTT, THIS BOOK No. 176, ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE WITH TISSUE COVERINGS. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
SCOTT, Peter (writes and illustrates).. Wild Chorus.. Country Life, London., 1938.
Price: US$581.15 + shipping
Description: First edition. Folio. pp xii, 119. 24 tissue-guarded mounted colour plates; 64 half-tone plates; 27 black-and-white drawings. Full blue gilt decorated buckram. Top edge gilt. Printed on mould-made paper.One of 1250 numbered copies signed by the author.Small bruise at top edge of upper cover. Cloth a little blistered at the edges. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper chipped and torn at top edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Scott, Peter. Wild Chorus. Country Life, London, 1938.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: Scott, Peter. First edition, one of 1250 deluxe copies, signed by the artist/author. 24 full-color mounted plates, 64 black and white plates, and line sketches, by the author. 1 vols. Lg 4to. Fine copy of a Wildfowl Classic. A superb copy of this classic, almost legendary, book on Wildfowl, beautifully written and illustrated, and representing one of the last pre-war triumphs of British book production. Original blue cloth, gilt, t.e.g., fine 24 full-color mounted plates, 64 black and white plates, and line sketches, by the author. 1 vols. Lg 4to First edition, one of 1250 deluxe copies, signed by the artist/author.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$629.24 + shipping
Description: Limited Signed Edition. No. 22 / 1250. 32 x 25 cm. xi, 116 pages (6). Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge deckle. Decorated end papers. Slipcase. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Dust jacket shows some edge wear and fraying, mild foxing and has long closed tear on back board. Now in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean. Signed and numbered by Peter Scott. Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. Peter Scott (1909 - 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. He worked together with Alanbrooke in various conservation societies. Scott was knighted in 1973 for his contribution to the conservation of wild animals. He had been a founder of the World Wide Fund for Nature, founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (November 1946), and was an influence on international conservation. He received the WWF Gold Medal. and the J. Paul Getty Prize for his work. Sprache: english.
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland