Author: W. Halliday
Title: The Book of Migratory Birds: Met with on Holy Island and the Northumbrian Coast, to Which Is Added Descriptive Accounts of Wild Fowling on the Mud Flats, with Notes on the General Natural History of This District.
Description: London, John Ouseley, Limited, 1910. Leather. A smart de luxe copy of this highly illustrated study on the migratory birds of the Northumbrian coast. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-seven photographs across twenty-one plates. Collated complete. In the publishers de luxe reverse calf binding. A comprehensive study of migratory birds with chapters on migration from American to Europe, the power of flight, vision in birds, bird formations, and different characteristics. With information of various species of birds from the common pintail to the golden eagle. Written by W. Halliday, a British ornithologist. In the original green reverse calf. Externally, smart with shelf wear resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine and edges of the boards. The odd mark to the board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper dated 1922. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Book Migratory Birds Holy Island Migratory Halliday Not Stated


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