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London: Collins, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 255, with 51 b/w photographs & 58 drawings and diagrams. No 15 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket near fine, just a hint of fading to the spine only, price clipped, edges and corners crisp, now protected in an archival sleeve. Green buckram binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no spotting. A fine, crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket..
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New Naturalist Monograph No. 15 THE HAWFINCH
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New Naturalist Monograph No. 15 THE HAWFINCH
by Mountfort, Guy
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London: Collins, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 255, with 51 b/w photographs & 58 drawings and diagrams. No 15 in the New Naturalist monograph series. Dust jacket near fine, just a hint of fading to the spine only, not price clipped, edges and corners crisp, now protected in an archival sleeve. Green buckram binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no spotting. A fine, crisp copy in a near fine dust jacket..
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The Hawfinch New Naturalist Monograph No. 15.<br />First edition/first state in the Ellis dust jacket.
by Mountfort, Guy
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London: Collins, 1957. First edition, first state, 1957. Board height 202mm as called for in first state. Hardback. xii, 176pp plus publisher's ads at rear. Dust jacket unclipped and in a protective sleeve. this is the jacket illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, not the plain green jacket as used for third state. Guy Mountfort was Hon. Sec. of the British Ornithologist's Union and was one of the authors of the best-selling "A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe". This book was the result of long and devoted researches and was an important contribution to science. Between the lines of the author's account lies a hint of the countless hours spent in the field. He has particularly watched and noted the Hawfinch's beautiful courtship and most interesting feeding habits. In France and Britain he has, with huge persistence, followed the Hawfinch through the year from winter flock to summer territory. The book is written with fluency and sensitivity. The Hawfinch…
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