FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE 1938 EDITION QUARTO GREEN CLOTH A NEAR FINE COPY NO DUSTWRAPPER. AN OUTLINE OF THE LITERARY HISTORY AND ICONOGRAPHY OF DESCRIPTIVE ORNITHOLOGY. BASED PRINCIPALLY ON THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS CONTAINING PLATES WITH FIGURES OF BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS NOW IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AT COPENHAGEN AND INCLUDING A CATALOGUE OF THESE WORKS. NEAT SIGNATURE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS DRAWINGS BY DONALD WILSONMAPS GRAPHS AND TABLES. AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE MAIN HABITAT TYPES THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF BIRD COMMUNITIES AND REVIEWS BIRD SITES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT BRITAIN.
A VERY GOOD COPY IN BROWN BOARDS. AGE TONING TO THE FRONT AND REAR. 1ST EDITION.NEAT INSCRIPTION AND DATE ON FEP. FRONTISPIECE BY ARCHIBALD THORBURN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.