A History of the Birds of Kent by Norman F.Ticehurst - 1909

London: Witherby & Co., 1909. Hardback very thick octavo (22.7 x 16.5 cm), no jacket, good plus condition, original black cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), top edge gilt, black & white photos (including frontispiece), foldout colour map at rear, fore-edge & bottom edge untrimmed, flyleaves toned, edges little toned & foxed, corners slightly bumped, bookplate front pastedown (blank). Heavy (1.4 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 568 pp. Most of this book, by a zoologist, is a detailed and referenced one-by-one description of each bird species in Kent, England. The beginning of the book contains a bibliography, a list of subscribers, and an introductory chapter (including topography, geology, vegetation, museums, previous writers). Still highly regarded today. SALE PRICE.

8vo. Pp. lvi + 568. Original cloth. T.e.g. Some light spotting to the folding map, mostly to the back. With 24 black & white photographs and a folding map in colour.

London: Withrby & Co,, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Highly detailed account, the result of 16 years research, fieldwork and scholarship. Includes: Topography; Geology; Rivers; Vegetation; Avifauna; Migration; Number of Species; Museums and Collections. Frontis illus, B&W photo of the Kentish Plover. 23 more B&W Plates. Complete with large Fold-Out Map of Kent at the back. Birds described include: Sparrow-Hawk; Red-Crested Pochard; Crested Lark; Nutcracker; Ortolan Bunting; Serin; Woodchat; Richard's Pipit; White Wagtail; Great Snipe, and many more. Blue cloth cover with bright Gilt lettering on spine. Top page edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. LVI / 56 preliminary pages. Main text 568 pages. 9" tall, 1,4 kilos. From the library of Edmund Meade-Waldo, his bookplate with Armorial bearing is on endpaper and his signature, dated 1909 is on ffep. No other inscriptions. Closed tear to map of Kent on section affixed to book. (Repaired).

London: Witherby & Co. , 1909. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart copy of this illustrated history of the birds of Kent, England, and their characteristics. Illustrated with twenty-four plates and one folding map to in colour. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study on the birds of Kent, with details of the topography, geology, rivers, vegetation, and further factors influencing the migration and species of birds found in the area. Written by Norman Frederick Ticehurst, a British ornithologist and honorary life vice-president of the Kent Ornithological Society. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good