NEW SOFTBACK COPY – THIS COMPREHENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE COVERS ALMOST 600 SPECIES OF BIRDS INCLUDING ALL RESIDENT AND MIGRANT SPECIES AND MOST VAGRANTS RECORDED IN THE REGION. THE SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED TO SHOW IMPORTANT IDENTIFICATION FEATURES WHILE CONCISE TEXT PROVIDES VITAL INFORMATION ON PLUMAGE VOICE AND CONFUSION SPECIES ENABLING FIELD IDENTIFICATIO. EACH SPECIES HAS A DISTRIBUTION MAP ACCOMPANIED BY DETAILED NOTES ON WORLD RANGE HABITAT AND STATUS IN JAPAN. PACKED WITH SPECTACULAR IMAGES THIS BOOK IS THE DEFINITIVE PHOTOGUIDE TO ONE OF THE WORLD`S MOST DIVERSE AVIFAUNAL REGIONS.
A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. 106 PLATES DEPICTING ALL THE BIRDS BY JOHN HENRY DICK. BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. THE BOARDS ARE SLIGHTLY MARKED AND TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER HAS A SLIGHT CREASE.INTERNALLY VERY GOOD .
FULL LEATHER PRIZE BINDING ELABORATE GILT TO THE SPINE. NO DATE BUT INSCRIPTION DATED 1864. 584 PAGES MANY ENGRAVINGS FRONTIS. A SCUFF MARK TO THE FRONT BOARD AND FOXING TO THE FRONTIS. THEN CLEAN AND TIGHT. VERY GOOD. UNCOMMON.
THE BIRDS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA: VOLUME 5. CONCLUSION, AND SURVEY OF EVERY SPECIES1 × £45.00