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4to; original blue cloth, with gilt secretarybird icon to upper cover and gilt lettering to spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 248 + (viii); full-colour plates; line drawings and colour illustrations in text. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; trace of foxing. Very good condition. "This is a book about the watching and drawing of birds in action. The artist and author, Simon Calburn, works only from life and this book is essentially a record in pictures and words of his contact with the world of birds. Over one hundred of the species found in Southern Africa are illustrated, and there are birds from all the principal types of habitat."

Wraps are rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Some plates are missing.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The jacket is torn and marked.Minor markings.Well bound.Very good copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Pages in as-new condition. Corners bumped. Dust jacket clean with rubbing wear to edges and damage to corners.

145pp hardback, blue cloth gilt in wrapper, with 80 colour plates, very good in a very good wrapper

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, lightly bumped, oil stained at the bottom corner near the spine, jacke has a two inch oil stain at the bottom from the spine, clear tape reinforcement at the top of the spine, jacket price clipped. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a GOOD book in a FAIR brodart protected dust jacket. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

The boards are edgeworn and marked. Previous ownership inscription. A little stained. Tightly bound. [R. N]

The boards are edgeworn and marked. Previous ownership inscription. A little stained. Tightly bound. [R. N]