The Observer's Book of Birds. Describing Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Species with 200 Illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Frances Countess of Warwick.
The Observer's Book of Birds. Describing Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Species with 200 Illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Frances Countess of Warwick. | Rare and modern books | Benson S. Vere
Rare and modern books
Benson S. Vere
Warne n.d.,
1960
The Observer's Book of Birds. Describing Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Species with 200 Illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Frances Countess of Warwick.
The Observer's Book of Birds. Describing Two Hundred and Thirty-Six Species with 200 Illustrations 100 of which are in full colour. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Frances Countess of Warwick. | Rare and modern books | Benson S. Vere
Rare and modern books
Benson S. Vere
Warne n.d.,
1960
23.00 €
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United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1960
- Author
- Benson S. Vere
- Publishers
- Warne n.d.
- Keyword
- natural history, birds, ornithology, observer's books, s. vere benson, observer's books, observer's, book, birds
- Languages
- English
Description
Sm. 8vo., with 200 coloured and monochrome plates, front free endpaper browned; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-marked and lightly frayed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Observer 1. Code 864.960 with 'Fieldfare' dustwrapper. 'The excellent illustrations and concise format of one bird per page made this book an enduring classic' (Marren & Carter). Marren & Carter, p.147.
