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Auction #122 begins on 03 Apr 2025

Cooper (William T.)

A PORTFOLIO OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS - Signed

Published: A.H. & A. W. Reed, Auckland, 1968

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 3 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Apr 16:30 GMT

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Text by Keith Hindwood.

Signed on first title page by both Cooper and Hindwood.

Signed on title page to Derek Goodwin by Keith Hindwood.

Publisher’s original coarse-weave cloth, lettered in black on the spine and with black vignette of perching bird on the front cover. 60 pages and 25 full-page colour plates. Colour pictorial dust jacket illustrated with male and female bower-birds on the front cover and male and female flame robins on the rear cover.

A beautiful book illustrating a diversity of Australian birds, especially in the parrots, with accompanying text by Keith Hindwood. The plates from paintings by Cooper are among his best examples of bird art.

The dust jacket has wear and tear all around edges and spine. The book in good condition.

  • Jacket Condition: Fair
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 29 x 36 cm


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