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1907 Bird-Life of the Borders on Moorland and Sea
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Description
Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Second edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding coloured map, twenty-five plates, and twenty-nine in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed ornithological study, with faunal notes extending over forty years, providing a commentary on the bird activity of the moorland and sea borders. With chapters on vernal migration, changes between seasons, stationery species, disease, nighttime activity, and more. Written by Abel Chapman, an English hunter-naturalist who contributed in saving the Spanish Ibex from extinction and helped in the establishment of South Africa's first game reserve.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Light age toning to the endpapers with contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper.
Very Good
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