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Published by Oliver and Boyd, 1963
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition. 187 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Staining to both panels.
Published by The Country Book Club, 1961
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, small tears, light soiling and creasing.
Published by Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1963
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 187 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm. Subjects; Highland Region, North Rona. Rum (Highland Region). Highland Region; Rum. Natural history. Shetland. Faroe Islands. St. Kilda (Western Isles)Western Isles St. Kilda. 1 Kg.
Published by Country Book Club, London, 1960
Seller: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Hutchinson, 1960
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose with minor creasing to gutters; pages remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Published by Oliver and Boyd Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh and London ,, 1963
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st Edition. Hb In Dw 187pp 16 photographic plates ,maps and pen sketches. A Vg/Vg Copy.
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. By Kenneth Williamson and J Morton BoydRe-bound first edition ex library book in good condition with usual stamps and stickers. Minor edgewear to boards but otherwise no signs of damage. Foxing on the textblock edges and endpapers, but none on the main body of text. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition.
Published by Oliver and Boyd Edinburgh, 1963
Seller: Grampian Books PBFA, Est. 1990, ELLON, ABDN, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition. 187pp; 21 photographs; endpaper maps. Black cloth. Neat ink inscription at top edge of front endpaper. VG in bright dustwrapper, price-clipped and slightly chipped. [Faeroe Islands, Rhum, North Rona, St. Kilda etc].
Published by Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd, 1963
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 187 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm. Subjects; Highland Region, North Rona. Rum (Highland Region). Highland Region; Rum. Natural history. Shetland. Faroe Islands. St. Kilda (Western Isles)Western Isles St. Kilda. 1 Kg.
Published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1963
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good (some light fraying to top edge).
Published by The Country Book Club, 1961
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Without a dust jacket, spine a bit faded, page edges tanned, bookseller's marks. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh & London, 1963
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fascinating account of a journey by 2 Naturalists to the Faroes for whales: Handa and Sule Stack for Sea Birds; Rhum for Derr; Shillay and Scarp for the Atlantic Grey seal and Northern Rhona Seal Nursery. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 8 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight edgewear to jacket, not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Published by Oliver & Boyd, 1963
Seller: Bopcap Books, Manchester, LANCS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Oliver & Boyd (1963). First edition hardback in very good condition. Very small amount of notes and underlining to text. No marking to black clothbound boards or spine. Unclipped dustjacket is in fair-to-good condition with some tearing to top and bottom edges of spine section and wear to four outside corners as well as rubbing to other exterior edges. Dispatched from UK within three days.
Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Slight foxing to text block edges, mild soiling, else near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1963
Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Naturalist's experiences in some of the outer Scottish islands. 187 pages including index, maps and drawings + 16 b&w photographic illustrations. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Map on endpapers. Owner's name on f.f.e.p. Another inscription on 2nd f.e.p. Book tight and clean.
Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1963
Seller: Peak Dragon Bookshop 39 Dale Rd Matlock, Matlock, DERBY, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Slight spine slant. Dust wrapper is badly worn around top edge.
Published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1963
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated, octavo, pp (8), 187, very clean internally, black cloth very slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.
Published by The Country Book Club, 1961
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Worn dust jacket has chipped edges, page edges tanned. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
Published by London, Hutchinson, 1960;, 1960
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket Good. 224pp with numerous black/white illustrations, red Maps of St. Kilda on endpapers. Green covers with silver bird motif on the front, title on spine. Protected dust jacket has 3/4" loss top of spine, price intact. " An intimate and fascinating portrait of the island.".
Published by 1963 Oliver & Boyd, 1963
Seller: Wyseby House Books, Newbury, WEST, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1963, 1st edition, Oliver & Boyd, 8vo., 187pp., 16 plates, text illustrations, maps, bookplate on 1st blank, very good, dust jacket with small area of loss from front panel, a little creased at head & tail of spine.
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1960
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Green Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1960. 224. Endpaper maps, 24b&w photos plus in-text drawings. The authors, both well-known ornithologists, accompanied an R.A.F. task force to St. Kilda in 1957 on behalf of the Nature Conservancy and the National Trust for Scotland. Preface by E.M. Nicholson. The book is in excellent condition with just light wear to edges. No inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket (desigh by Stephen Russ) is in very good condition with light wear and tear to edges.
Published by LONDON: THE COUNTRY BOOKCLUB, 1961
Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, pp, 224, gilt titled brown buckram, illustrated, map endpapers.
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1960
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. DJ chipped to spine ends and corners and price clipped. Cloth mottled and dampspotted to spine and board edges, light foxing to closed edges and prelims, else clean and tidy. Size: 8vo.
Published by Hutchinson, E-298, 1960
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Hutchinson, London, UK. 1960. 224 pgs. Illustrated with 24 black and white photographs and numerous black and white drawings and plans. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This work by two well-known ornithologists provides a fascinating portrait of the island, a hundred miles west of the Scottish mainland. EB.
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1960
Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. 224 pp. Monochrome photograph pls and illus. Green boards with a bird in flight in silver on the upper board. Authors and publisher in silver, title in silver on blue with double border in silver on the spine. Faint water stain to the head edge of the frontispiece. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. The head edge of the blurb flaps are chaffed and there is a little scuffing to the tail of the spine. The corners are chipped. A very good tight, bright copy. 475 gms + packaging. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Hutchinson of London, London, 1960
Seller: Arty Bees Books, Wellington, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth if fresh and clean. Dilver motif on front and titles on spine. Contents are tight. Maps on e/p's. Previous owner name plus ex libris sticker on pre-title page. 224pp with illustrations throughout. Some foxing to the page edges and a scattering throughout. DW has internal darkening and some edge-wear, particularly to the spine ends. It has not been price clipped. Good copy. With a preface by E.M. Nicholson. This work by two well-known ornithologists provides a fascinating portrait of the island, a hundred miles west of the Scottish mainland.
Published by London: Hutchinson, 1960
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition Signed
Fine. First edition. Hardcover book. Signed by Kenneth Williamson together with a handwritten letter from him. The Book is also signed in pencil by the artist Robert Gillmor. Green cloth with silver titles and bird motif to front cover, and pictorial dustjacket by Stephen Russ. 224pp. With 24 b&w photos in plates, and line drawings in text. Maps of the islands to endpapers. Preface by E.M. Nicholson. Account of the author's visit to St Kilda in 1957 on behalf of the Nature Conservancy. Fine copy in a Fine protected jacket, No other inscriptions. Pictures available.