The Waterfowl of the World, in 4 volumes, in a color pictorial slipcase
By Delacour, Jean
SKU# 19697
Pp. 1174, 66 fine color plates by Peter Scott, 10 black-and-white plates, 108 maps, 37 text-figures. Publisher’s original tan cloth, gilt decorations on the spine and gilt border decorations on the front cover, lettered in brown on the spine, in original clear plastic dust jackets housed in a color pictorial cloth-covered slipcase, sm 4to (10 x 7 1/2 inches). Contents include: Volume 1: The Magpie Goose, Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese, Sheldgeese and Shelducks; Volume 2: The Dabbling Ducks; Volume 3: Eiders, Pochards, Perching Ducks, Scoters, Golden-Eyes and Mergansers, Stiff-tailed Ducks; Volume 4: General Habits, The Reproductive Cycle Ecology, Distribution and Species Relationships, Fowling, Conservations and Management, Aviculture, Domestic Waterfowl, The Anatomy of Waterfowl, Fossil Anseriformes, Corrections and Addictions. Volume 1 is signed and dated by the artist Peter Scott on the title page.
Publisher |
Country Life |
Publisher Place | London |
Date Published | 1975 |
Date Published Estimated | No |
Edition | Seventh and final printing |
Number of Volumes | 4 |
Reprint | |
Condition | Fine |
Condition Description | A fine set in a fine clear dust jackets in a fine slipcase. |
ISBN | 0-600-43461-3 |
Limited Edition |