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Zustand: NEW. 360, 149 col plates. . PB. NEW. . 2nd edition. This comprehensive and fully updated edition of Birds of Senegal and The Gambia is the ultimate guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting one of Africa's richest birdwatching regions.The Gambia, together with the country that envelops it, Senegal, has an avifauna of more than 700 regularly occurring species, including many Western Palearctic migrants from September to April, and a significant list of highly sought-after resident West African birds, including the Egyptian Plover. This authoritative guide covers all species, including details of all residents, migrants and known vagrants.Senegal and The Gambia offer a true wealth of birdlife, including a fantastic selection of Sahel specialities that are far more easily seen here than anywhere else. Senegal has become a reliable locality for Golden Nightjar, Quail-plover and Cricket Warbler, and the near-endemic Mali Firefinch occurs in the southeast of the country. Birdwatchers in this region can also find Savile's Bustard, Adamawa Turtle Dove, Little Grey Woodpecker, Yellow Penduline Tit, Sudan Golden Sparrow and Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, while the Saloum delta's huge roost of tens of thousands of African Swallow-tailed Kites is one of the world's top birding spectacles.More than 140 stunning colour plates depict every species and also comprehensively cover all the distinct plumages and subspecies likely to be encountered. Concise species accounts describe key identification features, status, range, habitat and voice, with fully updated distribution maps for each species.This compact guide is an essential companion for any birder visiting this rich and varied area of Western Africa. [9781399402200].

Zustand: NEW. 368, col illus. 216x140mm. PB. NEW. . 2nd edition. This spectacular new edition of Birds of Ghana is the ultimate reference to the birds of this rich and varied corner of Africa. Now fully revised and expanded, this guide is essential for researchers, birders and conservationists alike. This authoritative book covers all 773 species recorded in Ghana and neighbouring Togo, including details of all residents, migrants and known vagrants. Over 150 stunning colour plates depict every species and also comprehensively cover all the distinct plumages and subspecies likely to be encountered. Concise species accounts describe key identification features, status, range, habitat and voice with fully updated distribution maps for each species. [9781472987723].

Zustand: NEW. 368, col illus. 216x140mm. HB. NEW. . 2nd edition. This spectacular new edition of Birds of Ghana is the ultimate reference to the birds of this rich and varied corner of Africa. Now fully revised and expanded, this guide is essential for researchers, birders and conservationists alike. This authoritative book covers all 773 species recorded in Ghana and neighbouring Togo, including details of all residents, migrants and known vagrants. Over 150 stunning colour plates depict every species and also comprehensively cover all the distinct plumages and subspecies likely to be encountered. Concise species accounts describe key identification features, status, range, habitat and voice with fully updated distribution maps for each species. [9781472994011].

Zustand: New. 592, 266 colour plates, disribution maps. . PB. NEW. . 2nd edition.This detailed field guide covers the birds of all western African countries, from Mauritania and Senegal east to Chad and Central African Republic, and south to Gabon and Congo. [9781472905680].

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Illustrated by Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. Christopher Helm, London 2001. 832 pages. Illustrations and maps in colour. Publisher's boards with dust wrappers. Wrappers with a few small tears. * Helm Identification Guides.

Princeton University Press, Princeton 2001. 832 pages. Illustrated in colour. Publisher's green cloth in dust wrappers. Near fine/near fine.

8vo (106 x 158 mm). 177, (1) pp., final blank leaf. Contemporary brown calf, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label. All edges sprinkled blue. A translation of the Gospel of Luke into the Caló language of the Iberian Roma (Gitanos), the first substantial book to be published in any Romani tongue. The work of the British linguist and translator George Borrow (1803-81), this volume represents not only a milestone in the study of the Romani languages, but an attempt to build a cultural bridge to a marginalised community. "The Committee sanctioned the printing of a small edition (250 copies) of this Gospel, which was published at Madrid in March 1838, but they required the omission of a bilingual vocabulary which the translator proposed to append to the text" (Darlow/M.). - Borrow had a deep-seated sympathy for the Roma, whom he had first encountered in Moscow in 1835. He quickly developed a lifelong fascination with the language, customs and music, and sought them out both at home in Britain and abroad. In addition to Romani, Borrow translated the Bible into Basque and Manchu on his travels, which were funded by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Romani remained his greatest passion, however, and he would go on to produce a dictionary of the language as well as novels inspired by his encounters with the Roma. - Originating in the Indian subcontinent, the Romani language was carried westwards from around 1000 CE, probably via waves of migration through the Persian and Byzantine empires to Europe. Leading an itinerant lifestyle, the Roma have been widely discriminated against and persecuted. Although belonging to the Indo-Aryan family, the Romani language bears the imprint of the long trek, with notable Persian, Armenian, and Balkan features. As it was traditionally a purely oral language, Borrow's translation is the first book-length literary monument to Romani. - A vital monument to the Romani tongues, elegantly bound, and a rarity on the market, with the only copies offered at auction in the last 50 years appearing in 1993 and 1992. - Boards somewhat worn and lightly scuffed, corners bumped. Interior overwhelmingly clean and clear with no signs of use, very good condition. - French private collection. - Darlow/Moule 4542. G. F. Black, A Gypsy Bibliography (Edinburgh, 1914), 11.

832 p., several figures, 147 coloured plates, numerous small distribution maps, hardbound (dust jacket). Helm Identification Guides. Library stamps, else a good copy.

Proof copy, gatherings C, D, and E marked for corrections. Revised and corrected by Borrow from his 1837 translation. 116, [1] pp. Collation A-E12. 1 vols. 12mo. George Borrow (1803-1881) spent most of his thirties as a representative of the British and Foreign Bible Society, first in Russia and then in the Iberian Peninsula from 1835 to 1840. "In Spain, civil war made his expeditions risky, while the hostile attitude of the authorities, coupled with his own provocative approach, led twice to his imprisonment. . In Madrid the Bible Society financed the printing of St Luke's gospel translated into Spanish Romani by Borrow and Gypsy friends" (ODNB). His account of his adventures, The Bible in Spain (1843), was his first literary success. Other works included Lavengro, The Romany Rye, and Wild Wales. These are a set of Borrow's marked proofs for this second edition of the Gospel of St. Luke (first printed in Madrid, 1837). Gathering C is marked Revise May 27/72 with five corrections on pp. 59 and 69; gathering B is marked 2nd Revise Aug. 9/71 and corrects the running head Majaro to Majaró on the left hand pages, with some 22 corrections to the text; gathering E is marked 10th Revise Feb. 9/72 with one marginal note on p. 116. Of this 1871 proof, OCLC records only the copy at the Huntington with corrections in George Borrow's hand (bound in polished brown calf, marbled end-papers, gilt top; purchased from Maggs, Cat. 1924, item 443). Collie and Fraser note a handful of other proofs, citing copies at Fales (NYU), Berg (NYPL), Brotherton (Leeds), Liverpool, and in the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. A rare proof from Borrow's late career, returning to a work from his early adventures. Darlow and Moule 4543 edition dated 1872, published by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Collie and Fraser pp. 116-7; OCLC 81611475 (Huntington) Full cream vellum, boards ruled in blue, marbled pastedowns, untrimmed sheets. Remains of ownership signature on upper board, Geo Hy Borro[w]. Bookplate removed, else fine. Half morocco slipcase and cloth wrapper 116, [1] pp. Collation A-E12. 1 vols. 12mo Proof copy, gatherings C, D, and E marked for corrections. Revised and corrected by Borrow from his 1837 translation.