A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE. By Roger Tory Peterson, Guy Mountfort, P.A.D. Hollom. Revised and Enlarged Edition in collaboration with I.J. Ferguson-Less and D.I.M. Wallace.

(1954, 1974) 3rd edition reprint. Small 8vo (118 x 191mm). Ppxxxvi,355. Colour and b/w identification paintings, b/w line illustrations, maps. Brown cloth, gilt hoopoe motif and titles to spine.

"In this century, no one has done more to promote an interest in living creatures than Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide... His greatest contribution to the preservation of biological diversity has been in getting tens of millions of people outdoors with Peterson Field Guides in their pockets." (Paul Ehrlich, The Birder's Handbook).