Niko Tinbergen: The Herring Gull's World, Timaru in Timaru, Canterbury for sale

Previous owner's name and address on a piece of paper pasted down on to front endpaper. Quite heavy foxing to page edges. Some foxing to dust wrapper. Small 1/2"tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Some old adhesive tape stains at ends of dust wrapper spine. Adhesive residue along long edges of dust wrapper (removed from plastic jacket with adhesive edges). Dust wrapper now protected in mylar cover. ; xvi, 255, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates. Green cloth boards. Ornithology."[. . .] the new simplicity and imaginativeness of scientists such as Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen has taught students of animals to be no longer afraid of comparisons between the behaviour of the creatures they study and that of man."- from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library."[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside"- quoted from a Guardian review of the series. This volume is one of the"Special Volumes"of the New Naturalist Monographs series.; Series title: New Naturalist Monograph No. M9; 8vo
Author
Niko Tinbergen
Title
The Herring Gull's World
Publisher name
Collins, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1953
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d