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African Handbook of Birds, Series I, Volumes I and II. Two 8vo volumes; original grey buckram, titled in gilt on spine and with gilt map device to upper cover in each case; pictorial dustwrappers; pp. xxv + 846, viii + 1113 + (65), incl. index; colour plates, photographs, and distribution maps. Dustwrappers rather foxed and edgeworn, that for Volume One with broad sellotape repair to head of spine; moderate foxing to endpapers; regular light browning and some spotting elsewhere. Good. "This superb work when completed will be comparable to, say, Witherby's Handbook of British Birds. But Witherby had many competent predecessors; Mr Mackworth-Praed and Captain Grant are pioneers. And Witherby dealt only with these islands, whereas the present volume [volume 1] covers about a quarter of a continent. It is a most workmanlike production, giving the observer in the field every possible aid in bird-identification." - New Statesman and Nation. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). …

Five [of the six] volume set with colour plates, b/w. photos., and dist maps. 8vo. Hardbacks. Owner's signature and labels. Light spotting to fore-edges of text blocks and to ends o/w. fine hardbacks in good to vg. dws. Pre-publication leaflet for Series II attached to paste down of vol. two. A comprehensive reference covering all of Africa except Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. Series 1: Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa; Series 2: Birds of the Southern Third of Africa; Series 3: Birds of West Central and Western Africa.…