104509 With Coloured Illustrations of Every Species by Lilian Medland Melbourne, Georgian House, 1950 1st. Edition FERGUSON 22693 Quarto (21.5 cm. x 27.5 cm. high, weight 1.4 K. ) original dark green quarter morocco /grey cloth boards, lettered gilt with embossed gilt motif on spine. Sticky-tape traces board ends (protected dustwrapper attached to boards once) and spine ends a little rubbed else very nice copy. Illustrated dustwrapper, chipped, rubbed at ends, edges. Offsetting to endpapers. PP.XII,239 -text printed 2 columns wide- including Acknowledgements, Introduction List of Coloured Illustrations, Checklist, Bibliography, 33 plates on special textured paper (all but one with four colour paintings- latter has 3 colour paintings birds: each plate has facing page with keys. Folding sketch map of New Guinea at end. Author mentions in Acknowledgements that had been no Hand Book to the Birds Of Paradise and Bower Birds hitherto; this Australiana Society publication will provide a popular, yet scientific account.. $380.00AUD
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