Language: English
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 0224081748 ISBN 13: 9780224081740
Seller: Calluna Books, Morpeth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book - fine, dust jacket - fine. HEAVY (2.64 kg) - extra postage will be required.
Language: English
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 2013., 2013
ISBN 10: 0224081748 ISBN 13: 9780224081740
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Quarto,592 pp.,colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A wonderful book. Vast in both scope and scale, this book explores and celebrates the relationship between birds and people. Throughout history their flight has inspired the human imagination so that birds are embedded in our religions, folklore, music and arts. Part natural history and part cultural study, this book describes and maps the entire spectrum of our engagements with birds, drawing in themes of history, literature, art, cuisine, language, lore, politics and the environment. In the end, this is a book as much about us as it is about birds.