FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. DESIGN AND CARTOGRAPHY BY CRISPIN FISHER. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY SECTION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD DISTRIBUTION SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC SINCE THE ICE AGES. IT ALSO ASSESSES THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS OF MAPPING BIRDS AND EXPLAINS THE AIMS BEHIND THE PRESENT WORK.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. EACH WESTERN PALAEARCTIC SPECIES IS MAPPED INDIVIDUALLY. A TEXT ACCOMPANIES THE MAPS – AN ATLAS TO THE SUMMER WINTER AND RESIDENT DISTRIBUTIONS OF 639 SPECIES OF BIRD IN EUROPE NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST WITH THE BREEDING RANGES OF 167 SPECIES FROM ADJOINING AREAS TO SHOW PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION ACROSS EURASIA AS A WHOLE.
NEW HARDBACK WITH DUSTWRAP. BOOK CONTAINS WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING MARINE PAINTING WITH EXCITING INTERPRETATION OF SEA AND SEABIRDS. ARTIST HAS WORKED IN ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AMAZON AND THE ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS.
SIXTH EDITION. RECASED IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS GILT TITLE TO SPINE. TITLE PAGE HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. MINOR WEAR TO THE LEATHER. TOGETHER WITH A SYNOPSIS OF COUNCILS (1681) BY PRIDEAUX BOUND IN AT THE END. A VERY GOOD SOLID AND CLEAN VOLUME.
LIMITED TO 95 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 31. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRINTED BY THE DIDCOT PRESS ON BUTTEN AUSSTATTUNGS PAPER. BOUND IN BROWN CARD. A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
THE SECOND EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES REBOUND IN FULL VELLUM NEW ENDPAPERS. FOLDING MAP AT FRONT OF VOLUME 1. FIVE PLATES AT THE REAR OF VOLUME TWO. 817 PAGES IN ALL. SOME FOXING BUT OVERALL VERY CLEAN TIGHTLY BOUND. A NICE SET. SCARCE.
