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.
TWELVE COLOUR PLATES IN FINE CONDITION. A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1919 CONTAINED IN A CARDBOARD SLEEVE. MARSH HARRIER MONTAGU`S HARRIER GOLDEN EAGLE GOSHAWK KITE HONEY BUZZARD GYR FALCON HOBBY MERLIN AND KESTREL. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 199. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION – VERY GOOD – NO DUSTWRAPPER. PREVIOUS OWNER’S NEAT INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P. A USEFUL GUIDE OF THE BRITISH AND EUROPEAN SPECIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIC HOSKING LENMART NORSTROM AND ARNE SCHMITZ.
