Various — British Birds

London, H. F. G. Witherby LTD, 1946-92. Cloth. A continuous run of the ornithological magazine 'British Birds', these being Volumes XXXIX to LXXXV. Illustrated throughout with many plates, both in colour and monochrome. In forty-seven volumes, a continuous run of Volumes XXXIX to LXXXV, published in 1946 to 1992.'British Birds' was a monthly ornithology magazine, established in 1907 and still in publication today.The magazine is aimed towards serious birdwatchers and ornithologists, containing many interesting essays and accounts of birds.These volumes are edited by Bernard W. Tucker, Norman F. Ticehurst, A. W. Boyd, E. M. Nicolson, W. B. Alexander, I. J. Ferguson-Lees, P. A. D. Hollom, Stanley Cramp, and more.Volume XXXIX, published in 1946, illustrated with one folding plate, and forty-two plates.Volume XL, published in 1947, illustrated with fifty-three plates.Volume XLI, published in 1948, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding map, and seventy plates.Volume XLII, published in 1949, illustrated with eighty-four plates.Volume XLIII, published in 1950, illustrated with eighty-one plates.Volume XLIV, published in 1951, illustrated with seventy-six plates.Volume XLV, published in 1952, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and eighty-eight plates.Volume XLVI, published in 1953, illustrated with seventy-one plates.Volume XLVII, published in 1954, illustrated with seventy-two plates.Volume XLVIII, published in 1955, illustrated with two colour plates, and seventy-two plates.Volume XLIX, published in 1956, illustrated with seventy-two plates. Volume L, published in 1957, illustrated with one colour plate, and eighty plates.Volume LI, published in 1958, illustrated with seventy-six plates.Volume LII, published in 1959, illustrated with seventy-two plates.Volume LIII, published in 1960, one colour plate, and sixty-seven plates. Bound without one colour plate, 'Rose-breasted Grosbeak&apos.Volume LIV, published in 1961, illustrated with seventy-three plates.Volume LV, published in 1962, illustrated with eighty-eight plates.Volume LVI, published in 1963, illustrated with seventy-two plates.Volume LVII, published in 1964, illustrated with seventy-six plates.Volume LVIII, published in 1965, illustrated with seventy-nine plates.Volume LIX, published in 1966, illustrated with one colour plate, and eighty-one plates.Volume LX, published in 1967, illustrated with sixty-four plates.Volume LXI, published in 1968, illustrated with seventy-four plates.Volume LXII, published in 1969, illustrated with seventy-five plates.Volume LXIII, published in 1970, illustrated with seventy-four plates.Volume LXIV, published in 1971, illustrated with three colour plates, and eighty-eight plates.Volume LXV, published in 1972, illustrated with four colour plates, and eighty plates.Volume LXVI, published in 1973, illustrated with one colour plate, and eighty plates. Volume LXVII, published in 1974, illustrated with one colour plate, and seventy-one plates.Volume LXVIII, published in 1975, illustrated with sixty-seven plates. Volume LXIX, published in 1976, illustrated with fifty-two plates. Volume 70, published in 1977, illustrated with one colour plate, and photographs throughout. Errata slip present, loosely inserted.Volume 71, published in 1978, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 72, published in 1979, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 73, published in 1980, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 74, published in 1981, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 75, published in 1982, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 76, published in 1983, illustrated with nine colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 77, published in 1984, illustrated with twenty-one colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 78, published in 1985, illustrated with nineteen colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 79, published in 1986, illustrated with thirty-five colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 80, published in 1987, illustrated with sixty-three colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 81, published in 1988, illustrated with thirty-six colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 82, published in 1989, illustrated with fifty-three colour plates, and full-paged and in-text photographs throughout.Volume 83, published in 1990, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout, both in colour and monochrome. Volume 84, published in 1991, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout, both in colour and monochrome. Volume 85, published in 1992, illustrated with full-paged and in-text photographs throughout, both in colour and monochrome. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Some minor marks to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Volume LIII bound without one colour plate. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .