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Swifts in a Tower

by Lack, D.

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Collection : Library of Chris O'Toole
Publisher : Chapman and Hall
Published In : London
Illustrations : 19 b/w photos, 24 text figs

Description:

First edition. Scarce classic giving astonishing insights into swifts’ private lives along with thoughts about their life style and wider issues. Based on observations of the swifts nesting in the tower of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Condition

8vo, orig. blue cloth. Partial browning to endpapers. Good in worn d/w (2.5cm section missing from foot of spine; ink annotations to rear flap; unclipped, in a removable protective sleeve). Owner's name to endpaper.