For ornithologists, natural history enthusiasts, environmentalists, and amateur birdwatchers, this revised edition of a 1983 book is essential as the only single-volume guide available of birds in India. Unlike similar books, which only cover one region and even then only a small portion of species in their area, this volume includes all the bird species found in the Indian subcontinent, shown in over 100 color plates from noted American bird painter John Henry Dick. The plates have been arranged by family in systematic ...
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For ornithologists, natural history enthusiasts, environmentalists, and amateur birdwatchers, this revised edition of a 1983 book is essential as the only single-volume guide available of birds in India. Unlike similar books, which only cover one region and even then only a small portion of species in their area, this volume includes all the bird species found in the Indian subcontinent, shown in over 100 color plates from noted American bird painter John Henry Dick. The plates have been arranged by family in systematic order, and the author provides concise information concerning status, size, habitat, and distribution.
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Good. Light wear & marks to jacket & boards. Jacket spine is faded. Tanned textblock with foxing to the edges. Cracked rear hinge. Content is very good. Book smells musty from storage. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 290 p.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Pictorial guide depicts all the bird species found in the Indian Subcontinent arranged family-wise on 106 plates, mostly in color.
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NF in VG jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in blue cloth, in tan illustrated jacket, 4to. 177pp. 106 plates (color and b/w) with facing descriptions. Multi-color map on front endpapers. NF/VG. Book is clean and unmarked with slightly toned pages (as per original paper stock) with faint rolling creases at lower inner margins throughout, away from text and figures. Cloth clean and sharp; binding tight and square. Jacket sunned to light blue on spine (no effect on titles), rear hinge ridge and just below upper rear edge. Light scuffing and mild soil to central panels, primarily on rear. Jacket in Brodart.