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Southern African Birds. A Photographic Guide
by Sinclair, Ian, and Ian Davidson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1868257851
- ISBN 13
- 9781868257850
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town, Struik, 1995) 1868257851. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 304, incl. index; over 1000 colour photographs; distribution maps. Fine condition. "A stunning and valuable addition to any bird-book collection and an indispensable photographic guide to birds of the region, Southern Africa Birds: A Photographic Guide represents a notable advance in bird identification guides. More than 1000 colour photographs, drawn from the work of dedicated amateurs and well-known professionals in the field, provide both the novice and the seasoned bird-watcher with a valuable source of illustrative material with which to identify birds. Portraying more than 700 of the most commonly seen bird species in a wide variety of plumagess and poses, the photographs are complemented by clear and accurate descriptions, written by leading birders Ian Sinclair and Ian Davidson. Colour distribution maps are included for each species and 262 colour illustrations depict identification characters not captured by the photographs." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10209
- Title
- Southern African Birds. A Photographic Guide
- Author
- Sinclair, Ian, and Ian Davidson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1868257851
- ISBN 13
- 9781868257850
- Publisher
- (Cape Town, Struik, 1995) 1868257851
- Place of Publication
- Cape Town
- This edition first published
- July 1997
- Keywords
- Birds. Ornithology. Southern Africa. Identification. Wildlife photography Birds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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