Tropical birds: from plates by John Gould.
Sydney: Batsford, [1948. first edition). Small quarto, sixteen colour plates, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Batsford, [1948. first edition). Small quarto, sixteen colour plates, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
London: H F & G Witherby, (1990. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1953 in folio and one of the best bird book bibliographies. This smaller format second edition has an additional appendix by Handasyde Buchanan on printing techniques and is a lot easier..... More
London: Collins, & Van Nostrand, 1953. Folio, 38 plates (many coloured and one a double folding plate). Small bookplate. Publisher's marbled boards and half cloth, with slightly chipped and blemished dustwrapper (typical.) Limited to 2000 copies. One of the very best bird book bibliographies and a handsome production... More