Author: AUSTIN O L
Title: Birds of the World
Description: London, Hamlyn. 1966. Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Arthur Singer. white cloth, titled cover and spine, pictorial end papers with bird eggs. DW price clipped but otherwise VG except 2 short tears at the lower panel top edge and a hint of sunning to the spine. 317 pp most with full colour illustrations of the various birds mentioned. A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Fifth Impression. Foreword by Peter Scott, edited H S Zim and illustrated Arthur Singer. The illustrations go to show that a well executed drawing can be clearer and more useful than a photograph. A large and heavy book, excess postage for outside New Zealand quoted on request. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Ornithology Illustrations Pictorial Bird Species Arthur Singer


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