Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2015. first edition). Quarto, oblong format, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, very scarce.

*** This is the genuine first printing which was recalled due to concerns over paper quality, very few copies of this first printing survived because the stock was pulped. The reprint used a heavier paper stock and includes an 'In Memoriam' celebrating the life of the artist William T. Cooper (1934-2015).

In 1973 Joseph Forshaw and William Cooper published to great acclaim their first collaboration, Parrots of the World (Lansdowne 1973). This was the start of the most successful author/artist partnership for twentieth century bird books and all their books are highly sought after in the secondary market. Pigeons and Doves is Forshaw and Cooper's final project and the illustrations are some of William Cooper's best. Thirty-one species of pigeons and doves found in Australia are illustrated with a full page plate and the book is illustrated throughout with study sketches and smaller coloured drawings.