Birds of Paradise -- The Text by Sharpe, Richard Bowdler - 2011

UK: Folio Society, 2011. Bound in green cloth stamped in silver with title on label to front panel. Subtitled, "monograph of the Paradiseidae, or, Birds of paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-birds photo". 288 pp. The companion piece to the folio-sized illustrated book. An "as new" copy of the first Folio Society printing. Introduction by Errol Fuller. Exceedingly rare -- only one copy on OCLC/Worldcat. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - As Published.

London: Folio Society, 2011. No 59 of an edition limited to 1000. Hardcover in slipcase. LIKE NEW/no dj as issued, slipcase with faint shelf wear. Birds of Paradise - Monograph of the Paradiseidæ or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhinchidæ, or Bower-Birds. -- Folio Society 2011. Edition limited to 1,000 copies (this is no. 59). Foreword by David Attenborough. Plate Volume with 79 color plates, dimensions: 21½" x 15" (550mm x 380mm). (Text volume was published separately,) Quarter-bound in goatskin leather. Canvas cloth sides blocked with a design by Neil Gower. Gilded top edge, Ribbon marker. Very solid cloth-bound slipcase, Blocked in gold. The original prospectus and some sales material are included. Condition: Book like new, slipcase with some faint shelf-wear. --- Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail or UPS upgrade within US !!! --- Please inquire for international rates. -- The Folio Society is proud to reproduce, for the first time, all 79 plates of Sharpe's Birds of Paradise in book… Read More