By Various; Ludwig Koch (Ed)
London   The Waverley Book Company Limited
10" by 7" [4], v-xv, [1], 592pp
A wonderful encyclopedia on British birds, with over six-hundred black-and-white illustrations and forty-two colour plates.
By Various; Ludwig Koch (Ed)

1955 The Encyclopedia of British Birds, including Every Rare Visitor from Overseas

London   The Waverley Book Company Limited
10" by 7" [4], v-xv, [1], 592pp
A wonderful encyclopedia on British birds, with over six-hundred black-and-white illustrations and forty-two colour plates.
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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First Edition.

Illustrations include a frontispiece, six-hundred black-and-white illustrations, and fifty plates depicting different types of birds, forty-two of which are in colour.

This is a wonderful encyclopedia of British birds, which includes 'matters of interest to the bird watcher and bird lover'. The work is arranged alphabetically and includes a dictionary of bird names in four different languages, a chart labelling principal parts of the bird, and miscellaneous articles. 

Contents have titles such as 'What Lies Behind the Feathers', 'Accustoming Birds to Cage Life', 'Display- A Bird's Sign Language', and 'Bird Communities of the World'. 

Edited by Ludwig Koch, in collaboration with R. A. Baynton, Edgar Stern-Rubarth, Ruth Hingston, and fifty other contributors. 

Collated, complete.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal edgewear and bumping, with just a couple of marks to the rear board and a few spots along the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout.

Very Good Indeed

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