The Birds of South Africa 1940 1st Edition, 2nd Imp. Dr A. Roberts. Illustrated by Norman K
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Product details
First edition, Second impression: 463 pages, colour frontispiece, 56 colour plates, diagrams, blue cloth, spine gilt and with the measurement ruler in gilt on the back cover, no dust jacket, spotting on the top and fore-edges. Blue cloth boards are worn and rubbed, with front hinge splitting at head and tail of spine. Corners bumped and worn through. Would require sympathetic repair or re-cover. Contents are clean and tightly bound with tissue guarded frontispiece .
Foxing to ffeps and previous owners signature neatly written in pen. Colour plates are still bright and clear.
The scarce first impression of the standard work on South African birds. The first impression was published on 8th June 1940 and the second impression on 17th December of the same year.
- Size: 8vo (225 x 162 mm)
