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Auction #128 begins on 15 Jan 2026

Jackson (Frederick John)

THE BIRDS OF KENYA COLONY AND THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE

Published: Gurney and Jackson, London, 1938

Edition: First editon

Reserve: $190

Approximately:

Estimate: $360-400

Bidding opens: 15 Jan 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 Jan 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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3 volumes. First editions 1938.

W. L. Sclater (Editor); George Lodge (Illustrator).

Publishers black cover with gilt title to spine.

Gilt top page blocks with others untrimmed.

Measuring ruler, continuous pagination.

Volume I.

lii, 542 pages.

Tissue-guarded frontispiece.

10 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards.

Full-page + in-text illustrations.

Volume II.

viii, from page 545 to 1134.

Tissue-guarded frontispiece.

8 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards.

In-text illustrations.

Volume III.

viii, from page 1137 to 1593.

3 page catalogue.

Tissue-guarded frontispiece.

6 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards.

In-text illustrations.

Fold-out colour map [58 x 68 cm].

"Frederick John Jackson, an English administrator,

explorer and ornithologist. He joined the British Ornithologists'

Union in 1888. W. L. Sclater became Director of the South African

Museum at Cape Town, where he wrote most of what had been

Stark's "Birds of South Africa." From 1909 he worked at the

British Museum, specializing on African birds.

On the death of Sir Frederick Jackson, he was asked to

complete the unfinished 'Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda

Protectorate', by which he will be most generally known in

East Africa. In his unobtrusive way he contributed a great deal to

this book as he had to Stark's."

Recorded shipping weight 4500g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 27 x 19.5 cm


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