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dj. Third (Revised) Edition. Folio (34cm); cream leather-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xxii],[lxiv],432pp; black-and-white photographic (halftones), with black-and-white and colorful illustrations, throughout. World of Ornithology Series. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper has trivial surface wear, else Near Fine. First Edition published in 1940 and Second (Revised) Edition published in 1953, this edition has additional revisions, with the modern day names presented in conclusion, and illustrations throughout. Focuses on birds in Burma, including gruidae/cranes, podargidae/frogmouths, and passerinae/sparrows. [86289].…