1930-51 The Birds of Tropical West Africa

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of these works.

Complete in eight volumes.

An extensive work detailing the ornithological topography of West Africa, primarily in the tropical regions.

Volume I, published in 1930, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one double-page colour map, eight colour plates, and in-text engravings. One page of adverts to the rear. Collated, complete.

Volume II, published in 1931, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, thirteen colour plates, one monochrome plate, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume III, published in 1933, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, eleven colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume IV, published in 1936, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, thirteen colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Three pages of adverts to the rear. Collated, complete.

Volume V, published in 1939, illustrated with a folding map, ten colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Two pages of adverts to the rear. Collated, complete.

Volume VI, published in 1948, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twelve colour plates, two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume VII, published in 1949, illustrated with fourteen colour plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume VIII, published in 1951, illustrated with in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

By David Armitage Bannerman.

With a preface by Lord Passfield.