C.A. Gibson Hill — British Sea Birds

London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1947. First edition. Leather. An attractive illustrated guide to twenty-four different species of bird that populate British coastlines and shores, bound in lovely half green morocco. The first edition of British Sea Birds, a charming illustrated guide on the birds that populate British islands and coastlines, written and illustrated by C.A. Gibson-Hill. Published by Witherby in 1947.In lovely half crushed green morocco, with decorative green cloth boards. Contains a colour frontispiece of a puffin and twenty-two double-sided photographic plates taken by Gibson-Hill included within the page count. Collated complete.Offering short biographies on twenty-four different species, this informative guide is excellent for those who wish to learn more about the birds which help define our waters and shores including gannets, cormorants and puffins among many others. Hill's photographs show these birds in day to day life, both flying, with their nests, and when with families and groups. In half crushed green morocco, with decorative green cloth boards. Externally, smart, with the odd small sign of browning to extremities of cloth boards. Fading to spine, and slight bumping to the extremities, with front board slightly skewed. Photographic end papers are clean, with faint signs of browning to extremities of rear end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: C.A. Gibson Hill. Very Good Indeed .