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Collins. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Slight edge wear. No dust jacket. 1964 edition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1964. Contains 16 color plates, 24 b&w., 288 pages, dust jacket with light wear at edges and spine tip. Clean and tight .. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Collins, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Reprint. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains plates of both colour and black and white illustrations. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

London: Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover.

Collins, London, 1980. Revised, enlarged, and newly illustrated edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, hardcover, no dj, as issued. Vg+ condition. Bird Study Group name & label inside cover. Contents bright, crisp & clean, no markings, no smudging or "thumbing" to pages, binding tight. 415 pp., illus., 48 pp. of color plates. Revised edition of: A Field Guide to the Birds of East and Central Africa, 1963.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Hardcover. 1964. 4th Printing. Small 8vo 288pp . Very Good in Good+ DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. DJ edgeworn with small chip and small tears .

UK: Collins, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/NO. 197 x 132 mm. Williams, John G; Fennessy, R. NO. Small handwritten signature on outside of fly cover. A pocket field guide to the birds of East and Central Africa. John Williams was Curator of Birds at Nairobi's Coryndon Museum and was regarded as one of the sharpest field observers of his generation. Each bird is listed under identification by elimination, voice, size, habits and flight, distinctive plumage patterns and silhouettes and allied species.Some slight tears on some pages, cover corners rounded spine faded, notes and signature of previous owner.

London: Collins Publishers. Good. 1963.1986. Reprint. Hardcover. 5x8". GOOD Condition cover has various spots to very sturdy colorful decorated hard covers.Many shortink id notes near bird names on pages facing the color id plates . This was a field manual taken on travels. It was sturdy, and it is still quite useful. Bit cover soiled.. ; White hard covers show 2 long beaked birds.Back cover large Eagles.. (Expanded from A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA 1963).. ; 415ps pages; MANY COLORED DRAWINGS. Bird note inner back cover.. .. .

Collins, London, 1969. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good Solid, Clean, Owners Name And Date July 1971, Nairobi At Front Pastedown, Notes At Rear End Paper. Sm Octavo, Hardcover, Red Cloth, Gilt Lettered. 1963 Color And B & W Plates Sm Octavo, Hardcover, Red Cloth, Gilt Lettered, 1969, Pp.288, Inscription At Fep By John Williams Dated Sept, 30, 1972 Wtih Second Presentation Inscription From Recipient To Owner B17c

(London, Collins, 1963). Introduced by Roger Tory Peterson. 8vo; original red cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; tape stains and remnants on endpapers and flaps of dustwrapper; signed by previous owner (renowned ornithologist Gordon Maclean) on front pastedown; pp. 288, incl. index; black-and-white plates. Fair to good condition. "This is the first field guide to the birds of Africa from Southern Rhodesia to the Red Sea. Over 450 species are described and illustrated: all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find, and also those of the rarer species that are most conspicuous in appearance, flight, or voice. Notes on field identification, with their distribution for the entire African continent, are given on a further 324 allied species." .

Collins. Like New. First American Edition, 1964 ( 459 species, 179 in color ) Green dust cover & green book cover...... New Inside and Outside. Clean and crisp pages! You will be pleased. Excellent book! ( z1s119C ) Some very minor wear on dust cover. ** Fast Shipping**

London: Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Pictorial glossy hardcover. 8X5" ; 415 pp. Index. Illustrated with color plates. Foreword by Roger Tory Perterson. Text is unmarked; there are neatly penned notes on the final blank pages, as well as a handwritten personal postcard laid in (African Elephant). An attractive and interesting copy. ; 8vo .

(London, Collins, 1963). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed, small tear but no loss at head of spine, original red cloth, pp. 288, colour and black-and-white plates. .

(London, Collins, 1963). Pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed, small tear but no loss at head of spine, original red cloth, pp. 288, colour and black-and-white plates. .

London: Collins, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint, 1965, hardcover, octavo, 288pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with mild edgewear, rubbing, toning.

London: Collins, (1992). Reprint.. Cr. 8vo. 415 pp. 48 colour plates illus over 660 species. Drawing and map. Laminated pictorial boards. A fine copy..

GB: Collins, 1969. Signed & Inscribed By the Author "Specially for Charles and Bethia Allan. To recall memories of your East African safari - with best wishes. John G Williams. Lake Nawasha(?) 24 March 1970" In very good clean tight condition BUTcover edges a bit rubbed / faded and small mark to top text edge. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is complete BUT top edge noticeably rubbed and creased.. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. Fourth Impression. Hardback. VG/G++ DW. Illus. by Roger Tory Peterson.

Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit worn. A little foxing and an inscription.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Collins, 1963. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, second printing, small octavo, red cloth lettered gilt to spine, faint spotting to the closed page edges else a very good tightly bound copy, lacking dust wrapper, the text is clean and unmarked, coloured & b&w plates, 288pp.

London: Collins, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Fennessy, Rena. SIXTH IMPRESSION. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Notes in pen to RFEP. Dustjacket very good plus. Slight wear to extremities. Gilt lettering to spine, cherry red cloth-covered boards. Very tight, bright. No markings to text itself. Plastic protective cover to DJ. With lovely color illustrations. 288 pp with appendix and index. Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson. 459 species described and illustrated, 179 of which are in color. "From Rhodesia to the Red Sea, all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find," (front flap).