The Birds of the Philippine Islands, with Notes on the Mammal Fauna [Complete As Published- Two Parts in Four Volumes]

Book Description

London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1931-1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner bookplate at front paste-down, touch of toning at board edges, ownership pencil notation at first blank of Vol. 1 carefully erased, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, black leather spine and tips, green cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, marbled endpages, leather hinges, original wrappers bound in. 8vo. 439pp; 469pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Maps. Index. Incomplete as Vol. Three was never published (would have completed Passeriiformes). Illustrations by Kobayashi, Gršnvold, Keulemans, etc. Fine binding by Zoltan Olah. Also shows bookplate of William Todd, well-known aviculturist in the zoo field and former Assistant Curator of Birds at the Houston Zoo (now retired). A handsome set of this rather scarce work.

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