The Observer’s Books x3 Wild Animals British Isles Ships Heraldry 1961 1975

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Price includes all 3 books as detailed below:

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Wild Animals British Isles, 1961, 223 pages, 64 species with 72 illustrations – 46 in full color, no dustjacket, no writing, covers show a center crease, no loose pages, some wear to the edges.

Ships, 1970, 191 pages, by Frank Dodman, 100 types with 96 text figures, 16 colour plates and 16 plates of photographs, no writing, blue covers with pictorial dustjacket, some shelf wear to the edges

Heraldry, 1975, 150 pages, Charles MacKinnon, It is a surprising fact that in the fast moving, scientific world of today, the popularity of such a ‘reactionary’ subject as heraldry is greater than it has ever been. Perhaps the explanation is that we are romantics at heart and secretly hanker after the pageantry of medieval days, when there were knights and arm our and fluttering pennons. This book is a concise survey of heraldry in Great Britain, beginning with its purpose and history, and describing its present state. For the most part it is devoted to the rules of heraldry which will provide reliable groundwork for the student who is new to the subject. Heraldry is part of our heritage and after studying this work the reader will be deeply aware of the dignity and usefulness of the coat of arms. There are numerous line drawings throughout the text and twelve , colour plates. The book is fully indexed.

there is a section of colour plates near the center of the book which is intact but frail along the seams, there is no rips, no tears and no writing, the dustjacket shows edge tears and one horizontal tear as shown in the photo