A FIRST GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS. Gill, Leonard. 1936

Gill, Leonard. A FIRST GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1936. First edition. A very good copy of the scarce first edition of this work. Index to English and Afrikaans Names. xv, 223 Pgs, with 20 coloured plates by the author and his sister. 140x200mm Tall. Very Good ++. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine. A neat ex librix label depicting the historic smid's house in Beaufort West is laid down on the fep. Tanning and some light foxing to the endpapers and outer edges of text block, otherwise a remarkably well preserved copy. Neat and tight.     

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