FIRST EDITION QUARTER LEATHER GREY BOARDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH 35 PLATES IN COLOUR FIGURING 347 BIRDS BY LILIAN MEDLAND. PREVIOUS OWNER’S NAME TO FEPS. A VERY NICE SET.
TWO VOLUMES IN GREEN CLOTH WITH TORN DUSTWRAPS. GOLD TILE ON SPINES. THEIR LIFE EGGS NESTS AND IDENTIFICATION. ILLUSTRATION AND 8 COLOUR PLATES. SOME FOXING
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE SEVEN MAIN FAMILIES OF RAPTORS AND ACCIPITERS: FALCONS EAGLES SECRETARY BIRDS OSPREY VULTURES HAWKS AND OWLS.
VERY GOOD LARGE VOLUME IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. EDITORIAL ADVISOR: PENNY OLSEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY TONY PYRZAKOWSKI. THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE BIOLOGY OF RAPTORS THEIR BREEDING HABITS THE MAIN THREATS TO THEM AND THE CONSERVATION SUCCESSES. ABOVE ALL IT IMPARTS A FEELING FOR THE BEAUTY OF THESE BIRDS FOR THEIR IMPORTANCE IN HUMAN CULTURE AND FOR THE INSPIRATION THEY HAVE GIVEN TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIC SURVEY BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.
