{"product_id":"birds-draft","title":"THE GAME-BIRDS OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON BY E.C. STUART BAKER 1921","description":"\u003cp\u003e[BAKER, E. C. STUART]. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. \u003c\/strong\u003ePublished by Bombay Natural History Society, 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSECOND EDITION. In two volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (27.5 x 18 cm); pp. xvi, 340; xvi, 328. English text. Bound in publishers original half morocco; cloth sides; gilt spine titles; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers; half-titles; frontispieces; 49 coloured plates; 2 maps in colour; 6 b\u0026amp;w plates; indexes. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Light sunning to spines. Interiors very well-preserved. Neat gift inscription to front endpaper. A handsome set.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: Consisting of volume 1: Ducks and Their Allies (Swans, Geese and Ducks), and, volume 2: Snipes, Bustards and Sand-Grouse. A third volume was published later, in 1930. The work was first published in India in a series of intermittent issues published by the Bombay Natural History Society beginning in 1915. The format then was in octavo. The second edition, published in London in 1921 is a much larger quarto format, with a grand appearance worthy of the spectacular illustrations of birds, in particular those of J.G. Keulemans and H. Gronvold. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57077924790647,"sku":null,"price":285.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/SAM_1231_5c69bd2e-b815-4681-8ed2-1c408bc013ad.jpg?v=1778248074","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/birds-draft","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}