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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Gargett (Valerie)

THE BLACK EAGLE - A STUDY (1990)

Published: Acorn Books, Halfway House, 1990

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $80

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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Publisher's hardcover binding with silver titles on spine. Illustrated dust jacket.

279pp, 40 colour plates, 53 text figures, 60 tables, sketches in the margins.

Written by Valerie Gargett & edited by Dr. Peter J. Mundy.

Paintings by Graeme Arnott. Sketches by Robert Davies.

Binding tight. Contents clean. Jacket in very good condition.

'This long-awaited and important volume comprises the most detailed, comprehensive and prolonged single study of an eagle species ever under taken. Thousands of hours of observation in the field during a 21-year period and over 12,000 written records by a team of voluntary birdwatchers, have gone into the investigation of the behaviour and breeding of some 60 pairs of Black Eagles in their natural environment, the Matobo Hills of Zimbabwe.' Editor's note.

  • Jacket Condition: Very Good
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: Large 4to. (29 x 22,5cm)


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