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EDINBURGH/LONDON: Oliver and Boyd, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 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.

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 28 cm x 20.5 cm, xiii-624 pp. illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, paintings, drawings, maps etc Large co loured folding map in rear pocket The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions, armorial bookplate of "kaulback of Dromderrig" to front paste down. Publishers tan cloth binding clean and tight with no splits or chips or marking some light bubling to the cloth in places from glue? bumping to top front upper corner. In the dj, small chip to head of spine, dj now in clear removable sleeve.

1954 OLIVER & BOYD, LONDON. 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.

London: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. George E. Lodge, D.M. Reid-Henry. A near fine hardcover in dust jacket. Crease down spine. Previous owner's ex-libris pastedown. Map in pocket. Nineteen color plates by Thorburn, Lodge, and Reid-Henry and nine plates of b&w photographs by the author and others.

C1a. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, UK. 1954. Xiii, 624 pages, plus 19 color plates, 9 photographic plates, and large folding map in rear pocket. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name (Tom Lovejoy) present to the FFEP. Offsetting present to the endpapers. Foxing present. Text is free of marks and notes. Binding tight and solid. Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East. He was credited with creating and executing the Haversack Ruse in October 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, but his participation in… Read More

Edinburgh & London Oliver & Boyd 1954 1st edition.. 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.

LONDON, OLIVER AND BOYD, 1954. 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.

London: Henry Sotheran Limited, 1980. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark green half morocco hardback binding with gilt decorated spine. Firm and square, strong joints. Contents clean and tight. No pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Just a small trace of a tiny former owner bookplate at the pastedown. Size: 35cm x 25cm x 7cm. Collation: pp. (2), xiii, 624; complete with 19 tipped-in fine colour plates by G. Lodge, R. Thorburn, and D. M. Reid-Henry, and 9 tipped-in black-and-white photographic plates, also 53 text-figures and 36 maps (1 of which is tinted and folding). Note: this is the De Luxe Limited Edition, of which just 295 copies were printed. This is number 28. As such, a very presentable book, handsomely bound and showing well.

Oliver & Boyd. As New. 1954. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - xiii, (1) 624 pages, 28 plates (19 in color) , 53 text illus. , 35 text maps. -- with a bonus offer-- .