[The editors of the Bombay Natural History Society] - Common Indian birds.

Bombay, The Bombay Natural History Society, [Ca. 1928]. Oblong folio (23.3 x 29.5 cm). Title and foreword, both mounted on cardboard, and 196 chromolithographed plates, mounted on 51 similar sheets. Generally two on one leaf (each ca. 16.5 x 10.8 cm); a few double-sized, then single, and all tissue-guarded. Red pebbled cloth with gilt title on the front board. = A rare work with fine, accurate illustrations, mainly by H.N. Wandrekar, who also illustrated Salim Ali's "The Book of Indian Birds"; first published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, and "now bound in book form for the convenience of members of this Society [as] a handy volume of reference" (from the foreword). This may actually be regarded as a fore runner of Salim Ali's work. Spine and fore edges taped. As usual with books from the tropics there is some insect-related damage and dampstaining to the boards, narrowly affecting the final cardboard sheets, but apart from some very light foxing the plates are all undamaged and clean. A good copy.

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