David A. Bannerman, W. Mary Bannerman — Birds of Cyprus

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a beautifully illustrated ornithological study of Cyprus, discussing hundreds of species within its rich ecosystem. The first edition of Birds of Cyprus, a visual ornithological study of birds on the island, written by British ornithologists David W. Bannerman and W. Mary Bannerman. In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original pictorial unclipped dust wrapper. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all fifteen other colour plates, as well as all fifteen half-tone plates and a folding colour map to the rear. Collated complete. Lying on the Mediterranean between Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, Cyprus contains a rich ecological system, as beautifully exhibited in this volume, with 342 different species and subspecies discussed. Each species is described in terms of migratory patterns, appearance, distribution and eating habits, as well as descriptions of the topography and vegetation on the island. In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original pictorial unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a couple of small fading marks to joints, and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is clean, with minimal marks. Slight nicking to wrapper head and tail of spine, and to extremities. End papers are bright and generally clean with minor spotting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: D.M. Reid-Henry, Roland Green. Very Good/Very Good Indeed.