J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1932, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First
XIV, 196 pp., preface, list of illustrations, scientific names of the birds mentioned in the text, index. Coloured frontispiece. Front endpaper is illustrated by a map. The text is illustrated with sepia photography. Blue boards with the publisher logo embossed in the front cover, gilt writing on the spine. The corners are bumped and the head and the heel of the spine and are soft and also bumped. There is browning of the paper edges of the book and internally, from half title page to the end of the book there is heavy foxing. The first 2" of half title page is loose. This book is a naturalists invocation of Sydney, its plants, its wildlife and above all the geographical make up of Sydney and surrounding areas. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Local History -- New South Wales; Biology; Natural History -- Ornithology; Inventory No: 0100198.
XIV, 196 pp., preface, list of illustrations, scientific names of the birds mentioned in the text, index. Coloured frontispiece. Front endpaper is illustrated by a map. The text is illustrated with sepia photography. Blue boards with the publisher logo embossed in the front cover, gilt writing on the spine. The corners are bumped and the head and the heel of the spine and are soft and also bumped. There is browning of the paper edges of the book and internally, from half title page to the end of the book there is heavy foxing. The first 2" of half title page is loose. This book is a naturalists invocation of Sydney, its plants, its wildlife and above all the geographical make up of Sydney and surrounding areas. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Local History -- New South Wales; Biology; Natural History -- Ornithology; Inventory No: 0100198.