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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
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In the Battle Silences: Poems written at the Front
- £35.00
- Frederick George Scott CMG DSO FRSC (1861-1944) was for the first part of his life an Anglican priest and a Canadian poet to whom the Canadian literary establishment gave the epithet "Poet of the Laurentians." He was associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, and wrote 13 books of Christian and patriotic…
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Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
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Rob Roy (Folio)
- £20.00
- For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the…
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas)
- £14.00
- ÒOne of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.Ó_John Gray, New York Times Book Review ÒA powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to mention revolution, so often end in tragedy. .…
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Staying On: a novel
- £30.00
- Tusker and Lily Smalley stayed on in India. Given the chance to return 'home' when Tusker, once a Colonel in the British Army, retired, they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of Pangkot, with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the…
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The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
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The Jewel in the Crown
- £120.00
- India 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, a young English girl, is brutally raped in the Bibighat Gardens. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head…
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The Lord of the Isles, a poem
- £175.00
- The Lord of the Isles is a narrative poem by Walter Scott in six cantos with substantial notes. Set in 1307 and 1314 Scotland it covers the story of Robert the Bruce from his return from exile in Ireland to the successful culmination of his struggle to secure Scottish independence…
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The Oxford Book of English Prose
- £14.00
- Quiller-Couch's anthology of prose from the early middle ages to Rupert Brooke
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The Shoulders of Giants: A History of Human Flight to 1919
- £20.00
- Between the mythical flights of Icarus and Daedalus and the establishment of the airplane as practical transportation lie centuries of inspired failure and dogged technological advancement. The Shoulders of Giants brings to life this long and colorful history of humanity's quest for flight.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
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Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
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Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
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A Thousand Geese
- £35.00
- The account of two well-known ornithologists and others on an expedition to the Hofsjkull in 1951,not onlyl discovered as the principal breeding-ground of the pinkfoot in Iceland, but succeeded in catching and marking 1151 geese and goslings.
- Add to basket
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In the Battle Silences: Poems written at the Front
- £35.00
- Frederick George Scott CMG DSO FRSC (1861-1944) was for the first part of his life an Anglican priest and a Canadian poet to whom the Canadian literary establishment gave the epithet "Poet of the Laurentians." He was associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, and wrote 13 books of Christian and patriotic…
- Add to basket
-
Peter Scott: Painter & Naturalist
- £18.00
- Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up…
- Add to basket
-
Rob Roy (Folio)
- £20.00
- For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the…
- Add to basket
-
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas)
- £14.00
- ÒOne of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.Ó_John Gray, New York Times Book Review ÒA powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to mention revolution, so often end in tragedy. .…
- Add to basket
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Staying On: a novel
- £30.00
- Tusker and Lily Smalley stayed on in India. Given the chance to return 'home' when Tusker, once a Colonel in the British Army, retired, they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of Pangkot, with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the…
- Add to basket
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The Eye of the Wind: an autobiography (SIGNED)
- £1,000.00
- Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 Ð 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.…
- Add to basket
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The Jewel in the Crown
- £120.00
- India 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, a young English girl, is brutally raped in the Bibighat Gardens. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head…
- Add to basket
-
The Lord of the Isles, a poem
- £175.00
- The Lord of the Isles is a narrative poem by Walter Scott in six cantos with substantial notes. Set in 1307 and 1314 Scotland it covers the story of Robert the Bruce from his return from exile in Ireland to the successful culmination of his struggle to secure Scottish independence…
- Add to basket
-
The Oxford Book of English Prose
- £14.00
- Quiller-Couch's anthology of prose from the early middle ages to Rupert Brooke
- Add to basket
-
The Shoulders of Giants: A History of Human Flight to 1919
- £20.00
- Between the mythical flights of Icarus and Daedalus and the establishment of the airplane as practical transportation lie centuries of inspired failure and dogged technological advancement. The Shoulders of Giants brings to life this long and colorful history of humanity's quest for flight.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 1
- £15.00
- First of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 1 covers Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Africa, Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 2 (SIGNED)
- £50.00
- Second of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 2 covers Hawaii, California, Alaska, Florida, Bahamas, Iceland, Norway, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Israel, Romania, Siberia.
- Add to basket
-
Travel Diaries of a Naturalist: vol 3
- £20.00
- Third of 3 volumes of the renowned naturalist's diaries. Vol 3 covers Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand.
- Add to basket
-
Wild Chorus
- £20.00
- The follow up to Morning Flight, Scott includes accouints of birding trips to Hungary, Roumania and Persia, as well as his iconic paintings of wildfowl in their natural environments. 20 colour plates, 48 sepia plates
- Add to basket