BIRD LIFE IN WILD WALES. By J.A. Walpole-Bond. Illustrated with photographs by Oliver G. Pike. Second impression.
(1903) 1904 reprint - first issue. Small 8vo (130 x 188mm). Ppxvi,284,iv(ads). B/w photographs by Oliver G. Pike. Pictorial green cloth.
The author was a Londoner and keen naturalist and student of bird life who moved to Wales in order to study its birds more closely. In this book he recounts his observations. A table at the rear gives a dated check list of all the bird species observed by the author between March and the end of June 1902. The book contains many good photographs, chiefly of birds' nests and eggs, by Oliver G. Pike. This second printing of 1904 appeared in green buckram, printed with a colour engraving of a bird and insects.
The author was a Londoner and keen naturalist and student of bird life who moved to Wales in order to study its birds more closely. In this book he recounts his observations. A table at the rear gives a dated check list of all the bird species observed by the author between March and the end of June 1902. The book contains many good photographs, chiefly of birds' nests and eggs, by Oliver G. Pike. This second printing of 1904 appeared in green buckram, printed with a colour engraving of a bird and insects.
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44797
| Author | Walpole-Bond (John A.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 44797 |
| ISBN | B001RX0OMS. |
| Book Description | Front end-paper excised, cloth rather used, crayon scribble to rear end-papers. Good. Peter Hope Jones' copy with his initials to half-title page. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1904 |
| Publisher | T. Fisher Unwin. |
| Place | London. |