Kingfishers and Related Birds. Pt I: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Description:

First edition. Limited edition of 1000 copies, signed by author and illustrator. The most complete and important monograph on this group of birds ever published, with text by Joseph Forshaw, an acknowledged authority, and beautiful colour plates from paintings by William T. Cooper. A total of three parts, each comprising of two volumes, were published in this series, but each volume covers a distinct group and is complete in itself. Part I (in 2 vols) covers the true Kingfishers (Alcedinidae): Vol. 1: Ceryle to Cittura; Vol. 2: Halcyon to Tanysiptera.

Condition

2 vols, folio, orig. half leather, in a blue cloth, velvet-lined solander box, leather title-labels. Vg set. The books are fine, the slipcase has a light stain extending along the fore- and lower edges. This set No 830/1000.