A Field Guide to the Birds of East and Central Africa by Williams, John G - 1969

Collins. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0002120216 . Book has 2 words inked on FFEP, 27 pages have tiny bit of writing in margin, pages lightly toning; DJ is price-clipped, spine lightly faded, light discoloration from book's red covers onto interior of DJ, light toning along top edge of flaps; drawings; 288 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1964. Contains 16 color plates, 24 b&w., 288 pages, dust jacket with light wear at edges and spine tip. Clean and tight .. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover.

Collins, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Reprint. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains plates of both colour and black and white illustrations. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1967. 3rd Impression. 288 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white and colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to inside panels. Wear marks overall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Hardcover. 1964. 4th Printing. Small 8vo 288pp . Very Good in Good+ DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. DJ edgeworn with small chip and small tears .

UK: Collins, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/NO. 197 x 132 mm. Williams, John G; Fennessy, R. NO. Small handwritten signature on outside of fly cover. A pocket field guide to the birds of East and Central Africa. John Williams was Curator of Birds at Nairobi's Coryndon Museum and was regarded as one of the sharpest field observers of his generation. Each bird is listed under identification by elimination, voice, size, habits and flight, distinctive plumage patterns and silhouettes and allied species.Some slight tears on some pages, cover corners rounded spine faded, notes and signature of previous owner.

Collins, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Edition 1973. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

(London, Collins, 1963). Introduced by Roger Tory Peterson. 8vo; original red cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; tape stains and remnants on endpapers and flaps of dustwrapper; signed by previous owner (renowned ornithologist Gordon Maclean) on front pastedown; pp. 288, incl. index; black-and-white plates. Fair to good condition. "This is the first field guide to the birds of Africa from Southern Rhodesia to the Red Sea. Over 450 species are described and illustrated: all the birds that a tourist is most likely to find, and also those of the rarer species that are most conspicuous in appearance, flight, or voice. Notes on field identification, with their distribution for the entire African continent, are given on a further 324 allied species." .

Houghton Mifflin, 1964. Good. a few chips and minor wear to dj, book is vg 4th printing, dj protected by Brodart plastic cover, price clipped