1943-4 The Handbook of British Birds

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The second edition of these works.

Complete in five volumes.

In the original unclipped dustwrappers.

A concise and thorough study of the native birds of Britain, a fascinating work on the beautiful natural history of the country.

Volume I, 'Crows to Firecrest', illustrated with twenty-eight colour plates, five monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume II, 'Warblers to Owls', illustrated with twenty-four colour plates, four monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume III, 'Hawks to Ducks', illustrated with twenty-eight colour plates, eleven monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume IV, 'Cormorants to Crane', illustrated with twenty-nine colour plates, four monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

Volume V, 'Terns to Game-Birds', illustrated with eighteen colour plates, four monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.

By H. F. Witherby, F. C. R. Jourdain, Norman F. Ticehurst, and Bernard W. Tucker.