The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon.
Language: English
Published by Bombay Natural History Society, London, 1921
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United KingdomMFR RARE BOOKS
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[BAKER, E. C. STUART]. The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. Published by Bombay Natural History Society, 1921. SECOND EDITION. In two volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (27.5 x 18 cm); pp. xvi, 340; xvi, 328. English text. Bound in publishers original half morocco; cloth sides; gilt spine titles; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers; half-titles; frontispieces; 49 coloured plates; 2 maps in colour; 6 b&w plates; indexes. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Light sunning to spines. Interiors very well-preserved. Neat gift inscription to front endpaper. A handsome set. Notes: Consisting of volume 1: Ducks and Their Allies (Swans, Geese and Ducks), and, volume 2: Snipes, Bustards and Sand-Grouse. A third volume was published later, in 1930. The work was first published in India in a series of intermittent issues published by the Bombay Natural History Society beginning in 1915. The format then was in octavo. The second edition, published in London in 1921 is a much larger quarto format, with a grand appearance worthy of the spectacular illustrations of birds, in particular those of J.G. Keulemans and H. Gronvold.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon.
- Author
- E. C. STUART BAKER
- Publisher
- Bombay Natural History Society, London
- Publication year
- 1921
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- J.G. Keulemans and H. Gronvold
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Natural History, Non-Fiction, Ornithology
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