Oxford University Press, 1973, Hardcover, Book Condition: Near Fine, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Unstated
Size: 4to. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. New Edition, Entirely Reset, red gilt stamped cloth over boards, 310 photographs and drawings including 94 in color, 222 pages, Classification of Birds, Bibliography, Index, covers daily activities, reproduction, migration, solitary and gregarious birds, and bird populations. In a color illustrated dust jacket that has some minor wear along top edges. Includes original plain slipcase. "Along considered a classic work on ornithology, Birds of the World has been translated into a dozen languages since his first publication in 1954. It now incorporates the latest information and observations on bird life. Combining scientific exactitude with clarity of explanation, this lavishly illustrated fully revised edition takes advantage of recent advances in photography and contains a spectacular array of more than three hundred illustrations, nearly one third of them in color: photographs by internationally known artists, such as Eric Hosking; and vivid drawings by the author himself. In pictures and text, it examines the many facets of bird behavior on a world-wide scale." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 15 oz. Category: Animals & Birds; Birds; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 010442.
Size: 4to. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. New Edition, Entirely Reset, red gilt stamped cloth over boards, 310 photographs and drawings including 94 in color, 222 pages, Classification of Birds, Bibliography, Index, covers daily activities, reproduction, migration, solitary and gregarious birds, and bird populations. In a color illustrated dust jacket that has some minor wear along top edges. Includes original plain slipcase. "Along considered a classic work on ornithology, Birds of the World has been translated into a dozen languages since his first publication in 1954. It now incorporates the latest information and observations on bird life. Combining scientific exactitude with clarity of explanation, this lavishly illustrated fully revised edition takes advantage of recent advances in photography and contains a spectacular array of more than three hundred illustrations, nearly one third of them in color: photographs by internationally known artists, such as Eric Hosking; and vivid drawings by the author himself. In pictures and text, it examines the many facets of bird behavior on a world-wide scale." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 15 oz. Category: Animals & Birds; Birds; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 010442.