THIS IS A COPY OF THE TYPESCRIPT OF THE BOOK WHICH WAS MADE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. COMPLETE WITH MEMBER’S LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR EXPLAINING THAT THIS IS A FULLER VERSION OF THE BOOK THAT WAS EVENTUALLY PUBLISHED. 100 PAGES BOUND IN STIFF PAPER COVERS WITH PLASTIC BINDER FOR THE SPINE. VERY GOOD.
FINE HARDBACK WITH DUSTWRAP. TEXT IS ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 100 PHOTOGRAPHS FIGURES AND DRAWINGS. AUTHORS EXAMINE THE COLONIAL DYNAMCIS SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF MORE THN 30 BLACK SKIMMER COLONIES.
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FIRST BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH WITH ORIGINAL WRAPPERS BOUND IN 64 PAGES MAPS INC. ONE FOLDING CHARTS PHOTOGRAPHS COL. FRONTIS BY ALLAN BROOKS. VERY GOOD.
A LIMITED EDITION OF 180 COPIES – OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 45. THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PRINTERS TO Lt. COL. SIR H K STEPHENSON BART DATED XMAS 1942. THE ORIGINAL BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1534. THE INTRODUCTION QUOTES THE BOOK ‘IS NOT ONLY OF INTEREST TO MAGISTRATES BUT IS ALSO OF GENERAL INTEREST AS SHOWING THE ORIGINAL INTENTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE’. 40 PAGES QUALITY PAPER AND TYPE SIGNED ON THE LAST PAGE. A QUALITY BINDING BOUND IN BROWN CLOTH IN ‘HALF LEATHER FASHION’ WITH GILT TOOLING. SLIGHT MINOR WEAR TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SPINE OTHERWISE A FINE COPY.
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