CONTAINING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF BUXTON MATLOCK AND CASTLETON…SEVENTH EDITION OCTAVO LATER BINDING IN BROWN CLOTH. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND WITH 6 ROAD MAPS LABEL OF MATLOCK MUSEUM TO FRONT PASTE-DOWN AND ORIGINAL LABEL TO FEP. A VERY NICE COPY WITH SOME LOSS TO THE SPINE LABEL.
NEW EDITION. ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED GREEN CLOTH RECASED WITH NEW SPINE AND NEW END PAPERS WITH 8 STAR MAPS AND PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES. WITH A POEM BY PATRICK SCOTT. A NICE COPY OF THE SCARCE WORK.
FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. HANDSOMELY RE-BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER (NOTE THAT THE TITLE ON THE SPINE IS INCORRECT ‘A HANDBOOK TO THE GAME BIRDS’). NEW ENDPAPERS COLOUR PLATES FRESH TIGHT AND CLEAN.
REPRINT FINE HARDBACK IN DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE ACCOUNT OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND THEIR IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PLATE SECTION EACH SPECIES IS DEPICTED IN EXQUISITE DETAIL BY CHRIS ROSE AND COLOUR MAPS SHOWING DISTRIBUTION AND BREEDING RANGES ALONGSIDE THE PLATES MAKE FOR EASY REFERENCE. THE BULK OF THE BOOK COMPRISES CHAPTERS ON THE FAMILY`S CHARACTERISTICS CLASSIFICATION DISTRIBUTION ECOLOGY BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY AND POPULATION STATUS AS WELL AS A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH SPECIES. EACH ACCOUNT DESCRIBES THE FIELD CHARACTERISTICS HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MOVEMENTS BEHAVIOUR BREEDING BIOLOGY VOICE PLUMAGE RACES AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPECIES. THIS STUNNING AND AUTHORITATIVE BOOK PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF 74 SPECIES OF SWALLOWS AND MARTINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
