1ST EDITION. A FINEHARDBACK COPY IN DUSTWRAP. THE AUTHORITIVE TEXT IS COMPLEMENTED BY 64 COLOUR PLATES EXECUTED BY FRIEDHELM WEICK WHO HAS A WIDE EXPERIENCE OF RAPTOR ILLUSTRATION. THE AUTHORS RECOGNISE 212 SPECIES OF OWLS ALL OF WHICH ARE TREATED IN THE BOOK AND THE PLATES DEPICT EVERY SPECIES AND DISTINCT SUB-SPECIES AS WELL AS DIFFERENT COLOUR MORPHS AND JUVENILE PLUMAGES. EXTRA POSTGAE FOR OVERSEAS.
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KONIG CLAUS, WEICK FRIEDHELM AND BECKING JAN-HENDRIK
VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE BOARDS WITH MINIMAL WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND CORNERS. SOME FOXING. TISSUE GUARD TO F.E.P. TWENTY-FOUR LITHOGRAPHS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT RAILTON THE LITHOGRAPHS BEING TINTED BY FANNY RAILTON. GILT EDGING TO TOP EDGE OF PAGES WITH ARE OTHERWISE ROUGH CUT. 1ST EDITION.
VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER (WITH A CLOSED TEAR). CONTAINS A SELECTION FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND DISCUSSES A NUMBER OF HISTORICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SUBJECTS.
