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North China Daily News & Herald Limited, Shanghai, 1929, Ist edition. 243 pp, small 4to (10 5/8" H), hard cover (textured green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board, black silhouette on front board) - no dust jacket. 23 plates + 1 b&w drawing. Introductory chapter covering the identification, naming, migration, etc. of birds, followed by the birds of Shanghai arranged by order and family and described under the headings: Field identification, Description, Nesting habits, etc. A few faint tiny foxing marks on rear pastedown and on verso of frontispiece, light browning and scattered light foxing on edges of textblock - mainly on bottom, moderate rubbing at corners and top/bottom of spine, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, bump to top of rear board near spine, two light scratch lines on rear board, light wrinkling to cloth and small area of color fading on spine, a few very small areas of color loss on front board - mainly near top of hinge area. G+ sound reference copy..
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SHANGHAI BIRDS: A STUDY OF BIRD LIFE IN SHANGHAI AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
by Wilkinson, E.S. Illustrations by H. Gronvold.
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Shanghai Birds. A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the surrounding Districts. NEAR FINE COPY
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North-China Daily News & Herald, Shanghai,, 1929. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 22 coloured plates depicting many species per plate; original green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. A beautiful copy of an important avifauna. Rare, especially in this condition.
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Shanghai Birds. A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai and the Surrounding Districts.
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1929. Shanghai, North-China Daily News & Herald Ltd., 1929. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth, gilt. The dustjacket nearly preserved. (4),XXI,243 pp. and 23 colourplates by Grönvold and 1 plate in black/white.
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SHANGHAI BIRDS: A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai & Surrounding Districts.
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Shanghai 1929, N. China Daily. Green cloth, 243p., 22 color, 1 b.w. plate, showing 75 birds. A R A R E B O O K Covering all types of birds, including crow, magpie, wren, thrush, blackbird, robin, flycatcher, shrike, warbler, haw- finch, sparrow, bunting, skylark, wagtail, woodpecker, king- fisher, cuckoo, quail, dove, sandpaper, gull, heron, egret &c., also includes a glossary of special terms, index of common names, good information on the identification and ob- servation of birds, a short list of common birds, notes on sounds made by birds, their naming, migration, and some re- marks on orientation, instinct, & a possible 'extra sense,' excellent color illustrations by H. Gronvold. Wood p.628. .
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