THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA . Volumes One & Two by PRIEST, Capt Cecil D
Condition: Very Good in Plastic/None
Rebound with titles on matching skivers on spines and marbled end papers; all edges browned. and pages yellowed. Each vol has 10 col plates. Volume One has a facsimile of the original soft front cover as a frontis; half-title p repaired; full title has a printed sticker “Birds Of” . Col fol map with 2 folds repaired. xxxii plus 454pp incl index plus(2)pp ads: 120 b&w illust in text. Volume Two has original soft front cover bound in. viii plus 546pp incl index. MISSING i sheet (2 pp) of index and possibly 2 (?)pp ads. 172 b&w text illus. This work preceded Robert’s “Birds of S Africa” by 6 years & it is noteworthy that Roberts used much of Priest’s layout and his illustrator.