The Shorebirds of Australia by John Douglas Pringle - 1987-07-01

Sydney; Angus & Robertson; 1987. hardcover in very good condition, lightly foxed, text at the bottom of the front of the dustcover is indistinct apparently because of a printer's error. 692 pages, colour photos

Sydney: Angus & Roberston, 1987. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 225mm x 295mm. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Some foxing to white verso of jacket. Light foxing to feps, half-title and last page. A small name and note to top corner of ffep. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 692pp HEAVY BOOK - NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.

Angus & Robertson, 1987. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE!. AUSTRALIAN FAUNA Ornithology BirdsFINE UNMARKED COPY!This volume ""is the largest (of this series) and, in a sense, the most international. Most of the shorebirds that occur in Australia spend about half the year in the northern hemisphere. They inhabit an environment in which the cycle of the tides, rather than the cycle of night and day, is the major influence. Australia's shorebirds include waders on the one hand, and skuas, gulls and terns on the other. Jacanas, oyster catchers, avocets, sheathbills and several other birds form small peripheral groups of species within this structure. The waders are notable for their spectacular migrations, whild gulls and terns are among the most familiar birds of Australia's harbours and coasts. Shorebirds tend to be extremely gregarious, wary and unapproachable, fly strongly and swiftly, and seldom swim. Each volume of this series includes a detailed section on the eggs of the species under examination.… Read More

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1987. 692 pages with colour illustrations and distribution maps. Part of the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife series. Heavy book (2.9kg). . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Angus & Robertson, Sydney,1987. First Edition. 4to.pp.xxvi+ 692. profusely illustrated in colour. Near Fine black woven cloth hardcover black endpapers in very good dust wrapper.with a small score on upper wrapper. ISBN 020715348 5.

North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1987 F-/F-. Folio. original charcoal boards (inscrip.) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked, slight creasing at tail cap); pp. xxvi (last blank), 692, with illustrations. Very heavy item (3.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A near fine copy. Volume four in the Birds of Australia series. . First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.