Johannesburg: Winchester Press, 1985
4to (27.6 x 21.5 x 4.1cm) 512pp. Original hardcover binding, with dust jacket. With frontispiece and 74 full colour plates (collated and complete).
Limited edition of 2000 copies, of which this is no. 1027.
Phillip Alexander Clancey (26 September 1917 – 18 July 2001) was a leading authority on the ornithology of South Africa. Clancey emigrated to South Africa in August 1950 to take up the post of Curator of the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg. He was Director of the Durban Museum and Art Gallery from 1 January 1952 until his retirement on 25 September 1982. Clancey also served as President of the Southern African Museums Association, President of the Southern African Ornithological Society and President of the Natal Bird Club. Clancey donated a collection of some 5,500 bird-skins (mainly Western Palaearctic) to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. He also donated over 32,000 bird-skins - a collection considered the finest in Africa - to the Durban Museum and Art Gallery. Phillip Clancey continued as a Research Associate of the Durban Museum and Art Gallery until his death in 2001, aged 83. (wikipedia.com)
Condition: Very good. Dust jacket has some light rubbing. Internally clean and bright. A solidly bound copy.
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 4to (27.6 x 21.5 x 4.1cm)
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- Contact Person: Doron Locketz
- Country: South Africa
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