Author: Charles Dixon
Title: Open-Air Studies in Bird Life: Sketches of British Birds and Their Haunts
Description: London, Charles Griffin and Company , 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce ornithological work by Charles Dixon, with illustrations by Charles Whymper. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Charles Whymper and others with a colour frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and full page illustrations and twelve monochrome plates. Collated complete. This ornithological work was written by the English ornithologist Charles Dixon, who is best known for discovering the 'St Kilda Wren&apos. This study focusses on British birds and their habitats. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the extremities and joints, a very minimal lean and a very small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages with offsetting to the title page and light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Whymper. Very Good .

Keywords: First edition Scarce Ornithology Birds Scarce Charles Dixon Charles Whymper


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