FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUSTWRAP SLIGHTLY STAINED BUT WITH PROTECTIVE WRAP. SLIGHT WEAR TO SPINE. ILLUSTRATED BY C. F. TUNNICLIFFE. THEME OF TEXT IS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LIVING CREATURES AND THE ELEMENTS. AUTHOR IS AN AIRMAN AND NATURALIST.
FINE/FINE COPY. BIRD FAMILIES OF THE WORLD SERIES. ILLUSTRATED BY BER VAN PERLO. SIX TO NINE CHAPTERS ON THE BIOLOGY FEEDING ECOLOGY BREEDING BEHAVIOUR EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSERVATION OF THE BIRDS IN THE FAMILY. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED COLOUR PLATES BY A LEADING ARTIST SHOWING ADULTS OF ALL SPECIES AND MANY JUVENILES IMMATURES AND SUBSPECIES. BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATING SPECIAL FEATURES AND BEHAVIOUR. DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH SPECIES INDIVIDUALLY INCLUDING APPEARANCE WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS; FIELD CHARACTERS; VOICE; HABITAT AND FOOD; BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; LIFE CYCLE; AND RANGE AND STATUS (WITH DISTRIBUTION MAP). THESE WILL PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE SPECIES-LEVEL INFORMATION AVAILABLE. FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX.
Author:
JONES DARRYL N. RENE W.R.J. DEKKER, CEES S. ROSELAAR
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 COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INCLUDES:- THE WORLD OF BIRDS NORTH AMERICA: THE NEARCTIC REALM SOUTH AMERICA: THE NEOTROPICAL REALM EURASIA: THE PALAEARCTIC REALM AFRICA: THE ETHIOPIAN REALM SOUTHERN ASIA: THE ORIIENTAL REALM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: THE AUSTRALASIAN REALM. THE OCEANIC REALM THE WORLD-WIDE BIRDS THE POLAR REALM CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. VERY HEAVY SO WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.
FIRST EDITION – LIMITED TO 600 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 18. SMALL FOLIO BEAUTIFULLY REBOUND IN HALF GREEN MOROCCO MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG WITH 6 PHOTOGRAVURES. 41 TISSUE-GUARDED COLOURED PLATES (SOME BY THORBURN) AND 25 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME FOXING TO THE EDGES OF A FEW PLATES BUT A VERY NICE CLEAN AND FIRM COPY IN A LOVELY BINDING. A VERY HEAVY BOOK – EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
