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HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The birds of South Africa :A descriptive catalogue of all the known species occurring south of the 28th parallel of south latitude.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Birds of South Africa :A Descriptive Catalogue of all the known Species occurring South of the 28th Parallel of South Latitude.

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Hardpress Publishing, 2012. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. The Birds of South Africa by Edgar Leopold Layard. Published by Hardpress Publishing in 2012. Paperback ISBN:9781407761503. Collectible item in excellent condition.

8vo. Pp. xvi + 382 + xxi. Original green cloth. The first edition. Some minor shelf-wear to the spine ends and corners of boards. With one black & white plate. A very good copy of this classic work.

Bernard Quaritch,, 1875-1884. Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with 12 fine engraved plates in monochrome by Keulemans, one or two short marginal tears in blank margins of a few leaves; attractively bound in navy blue cloth, navy blue calf back lettered and ruled in gilt, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, beige endpapers (original yellow free endpapers preserved), a very good, bright, clean copy. Wanting (blank) pages 856-866 as usual. The first edition of Layard's standard monograph was first published in Cape Town in 1867. This second and best edition was prepared by Sharpe and dedicated by him to Layard. The superb plates by Keulemans (sometimes coloured by hand; uncoloured in the present copy) appear here for the first time. A lovely copy of a scarce and standard reference. Mendelssohn I, p.872; Tate p.203.