THE HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN. Colour plates and drawings by David Reid-Henry. Text by Colin Harrison.

Reid-Henry (David) and Harrison (Colin).

ISBN 10: 0002197944 / ISBN 13: 9780002197946

Published by Collins / H.F. and G. Witherby. London. 1988, 1988

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. Large 4to (201 x 291mm). Pp224. Colour paintings and b/w illustrations by David Reid-Henry, bibliography. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly tanned and used dust-wrapper. "The forty-six colour plates in this book were originally commissioned from David Reid-Henry by the publishers H.F. and G. Witherby Ltd for a guide to the birds of Britain. For carious reasons that guide never came to fruition. In this book, with the co-operation of Witherby's, the publishers Collins have used Reid-Henry's superb material, mainly pencil drawings (often unfinished), to illustrate Dr Colin Harrison's informative text, which traces the background to Britain's bird populations and assesses their present and future status." The introductory sections of the book are as follows: The earliest history; The Pleistocene; Pleistocene birds; The recent period; Recent birds; Man-modified Britain; The twentieth century; Final comment; Climatic zones; Classification and sequence. The subsequent 180 pages are arranged species by species. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN. Colour plates and drawings by David Reid-Henry. Text by Colin Harrison.
• Publisher: Collins / H.F. and G. Witherby. London. 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002197944
• ISBN 13: 9780002197946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

Physical description: 224 pages. Subjects: Birds Great Britain History. Ornithology. Birds; pictorial works/