Reader’s Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds

Reder’s Digest Services, 1977, [First Edition, First Revise], ISBN 0909486506, full colour photographs throughout, colour photographic endpapers, includes fold-out of photographs, textured large format hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions; dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping to edges and corners, small tears (see photographs)

“The list of birds of Australia contains more than 700 species, including residents, regular visitors that do not breed here and a considerable number of strays.  All these birds were initially made known only through descriptive text and paintings.  Then, about the beginning of this century, photography of nests developed and soon extended into photography of birds doing their parental duties.  The results were often admirable in spite of the rudimentary equipment used.   More recently, however, all phases of photography have improved remarkably and photography in colour has indeed opened a new dimension in ornithology.”