FIRST EDITION 4 VOLUMES. FOLIO. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN HALF LEATHER BINDING BY CHARLES DAY OF LONDON. ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAMERA BY OSWIN A J LEE. EACH VOLUME HAS 40 FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF BIRDS THEIR EGGS AND NESTS AND VIGNETTES BY THE AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND THE SPINE OF VOLUME 2 IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT. INTERNALLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. A SCARCE ITEM.
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.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. DESIGN AND CARTOGRAPHY BY CRISPIN FISHER. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY SECTION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD DISTRIBUTION SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC SINCE THE ICE AGES. IT ALSO ASSESSES THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS OF MAPPING BIRDS AND EXPLAINS THE AIMS BEHIND THE PRESENT WORK.
1ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN GREEN MARBLED BOARDS AND HALF GREEN LEATHER OCTAVO. LIMITED TO 205 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 20 AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. VERY SCARCE. CONTAINED IN A GREEN SLIPCASE WHICH HAS SOME FADING.
FIRS EDITION SMALL FOLIO VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY WITHOUT A DUSTWRAP. WITH A PREFACE BY LANDSBOROUGH THOMSON.HEAVY BOOK SO WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND DISTRIBUTION MAPS.
