FIRST EDITION QUARTO PROBABLY REBACKED WITH PLAIN DRAB BOARDSORIGINAL LABEL Pp vii 436 xxci 4 PLATES. THE FRONT HINGE IS SPLITTING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 2 ONLY (OF THREE). THIS WAS COOK’S FIRST VOYAGE UNDERTAKEN IN THE DOLPHIN SWALLOW AND ENDEAVOUR. REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES PAPER LABELS NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. CONTAINS TITLE PAGE LIST OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 410 PAGES. THERE ARE NO PLATES IN THIS VOLUME. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF WORM HOLES AT THE FOOT OF THE LAST 30 PAGES. PICTURES AVAILABE.
LIMITED TO 125 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 34. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRINTED BY THE DIDCOT PRESS ON MOULD MADE PAPER. BOUND IN ORANGE CARD. A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
THIS IS VOLUME 6 NOS. 2 3 AND 4 OF THE ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE SUBSTANTIAL ARTICLE (PAGES 314 TO 920) AND ONE OTHER. THE PAPER COVERS ARE DETACHED BUT THE CONTENTS ARE FIRM AND VERY GOOD.
FOREWORD BY ERNST MAYR. THIS IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF EVOLUTION BY MEANS OF PLOTTING ON ONE MAP THE DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE IMMEDIATELY DESCENDED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR. THE BOOK CONTAINS 439 MAPS AND COVERS 900 SPECIES OF AFRICAN PASSERINES. LARGE FORMAT FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. PRICE CLIPPED. SMALL NEAT INSCRIPTION.