339 pages, colour frontispiece, 140 colour plates, full brown morocco, black title label gilt on spine, housed in a brown cloth slip case with marbled sides, a few spots of foxing on the page edges.
Bound by master binder Peter Carstens.
Limited Edition of 1726 volumes.
A-Z Presentation volumes Publisher's personal copy lettered 'A' of the Special Presentation volumes with Publisher's name G.A. Winchester Gould hand lettered in the front of the volume.
Editor’s note: 'The Birds of Prey of Southern Africa is the showcase for the wonderful paintings of birds of prey by the late Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. It is sixty years since this talented artist, of world standard, died tragically. His life and the circumstances surrounding his death are described in a brief biography contained in the book. He illustrated all the birds of prey, including the owls, known in Southern Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century - and only eight other species have been discovered since that time. He depicted the various plumages as they occur with great accuracy and detail so that this collection provides a fine reference source.'
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