Birds of Australia in Colour by Stevens, Lyla - No date

Whitcombe & Tombs, Melbourne, No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Anne Lissenden. V, 62 pages, last page blank, foreword by author. The text is illustrated with 31 colour plates, and 31 tiny pictures opposite in black and white. Colour illustrated boards with gray textured coloured background with black title to the front panel and backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustrations as the underlying hardcover binding, with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the reader will find beautiful, accurately drawn reproductions of representative Australian birds, as well as an account of their salient features. the dustjacket is rubbed at the head and tail of the spine, and across the top edge, there is offset tanning of both in the pages. Otherwise the book appears to be clean and free of annotation. according to the National library of Australia this book was probably printed in 1955. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Anne Lissenden. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Illustrated; Natural History -- Ornithology ; Australia; Inventory No: 0254415. .