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1970 Birds of the World: A Survey of the Twenty-Seven Orders and One Hundred and Fifty-Five Families
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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper
The first edition, ninth impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated end papers.
A definitive study of birds around the world by the American ornithologist Oliver Luther Austin Jr. (1903-1988), edited by Herbert S. Zim, with a foreword by Peter Scott. This works covers twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families.
Fantastically illustrated throughout with numerous stunning illustrations in colour by Arthur Singer. Collated, complete.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart and bright. Light shelf wear to the bottom edge of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. The odd spot to the fore edge, not affecting the pages. Dust wrapper is very smart, remaining bright apart from light sunning to the spine. A little edge wear to the upper extremities of the wrap.
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