FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER (NOTE THAT THE TITLE ON THE SPINE IS INCORRECT ‘A HANDBOOK TO THE GAME BIRDS’). NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
REPRINT FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION DISTRIBUTION ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENTS BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY VOICE PLUMAGE RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY.
FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS (WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN) THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER (FINE). HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS..
VOL. 2 IS THE HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS AEG GILT TITLE. pp (xxii) 400. SOME RUBBING TO THE BOARDS EDGES. A VERY NICE CLEAN COPY. NUMEROUS WOODCUTS BY BEWICK.
VOLUME 9 OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NORTHUMBERLAND DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. 296 PAGES WITH A MAP AT THE REAR. VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD COPY IN A SLIGHTLY WORN DUSTWRAP. NINETY-SIX FULL COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES ALLAN BROOKS AND ROGER PETERSON. REVISED AND ABRIDGED BT JOHN R. MAY. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BIRD IDENTIFICATION BREEDING HABITATS.
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE CELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT GILLMOR WITH 137 LINE DRAWINGS AND 16 PAGES OF COLOUR PLATES.
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