1ST EDITION. FINE IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. LARGE QUARTO 884 PAGES.. PUBLISHED FOR THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
Author:
WERNHAM CHRIS, MIKE TOMS, JOHN MARCHANT, JACQUIE CLARK, GAVIN SIRIWARDENA & STEPHEN BAILLIE (EDITORS).
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. THE EXCELLENT CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS AND A FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY WILL MAKE THIS AN ESSENTIAL WORK OF REFERENCE FOR EXPERTS AND LAYMEN ALIKE.
INCLUDING THEIR POST-GLACIAL EMIGRATIONS AS TRACED BY THE APPLICATION OF A NEW LAW OF DISPERSAL BEING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF MIGRATION GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND INSULAR FAUNAS. WITH 6 MAPS. VERY GOOD CONDITION. SOME FOXING. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINE. 1ST EDITION.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN FADED RED CLOTH PAPER – BLOCK TITLE ON SPINE. EDITED FROM THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE. 1ST EDITION. ROY FULLER’S COPY.
FIVE VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION. THE WORK IS ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SHEFFIELD. BOUND IN HALF BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH RAISED BANDS. FRONT BOARD TO VOL. 1 DETACHED OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET CLEAN AND TIGHT SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF MR HUGH RENTON ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. VOLUME 1 MEMOIRS AND LETTERS pp530; VOLUME 2 LETTERS pp 502; VOLUME 3 HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL pp612; VOLUME 4 MISCELLANEOUS pp600; VOLUME 5 CLASSICAL AND CRITICAL pp648 THE LAST VOLUME HAVING SOME MATERIAL WRITTEN IN FRENCH.
WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. SMALL OCTAVO 329 PAGES CRUDELY BOUND IN WORN CLOTH STRENGTHENED HINGES BUT INTERNALLY CLEAN AND COMPLETE.