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ARCHER, Sir Geoffrey (b.1882) & Eva M.GODMAN. The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden. London and Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd Ltd. for Gurney & Jackson, 1937-1961. 4 volumes, 4° (269 x 195mm). 57 plates, including 34 coloured plates (29 after A.Thorburn, 5 after H.Grönvald), 2 folding coloured maps. Modern red half morocco gilt, spine with brown morocco lettering-pieces, t.e.g. FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 34 (first two volumes only).
Edgar Leopold LAYARD (1824-1900). The Birds of South Africa... new edition... revised and augmented by R.Bowdler Sharpe. London: G.Norman & Son for Bernard Quaritch, 1875-1884. 8° (250 x 158mm). 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans. (Some slight spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., by Arthur S. Colley (spine slightly faded, joints lightly rubbed). Anker 281; Nissen IVB 534; Zimmer p.378. (5)
Edgar Leopold LAYARD (1824-1900). The Birds of South Africa... new edition... revised and augmented by R.Bowdler Sharpe. London: G.Norman & Son for Bernard Quaritch, 1875-1884. 8° (250 x 158mm). 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans. (Some slight spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g., by Arthur S. Colley (spine slightly faded, joints lightly rubbed). Anker 281; Nissen IVB 534; Zimmer p.378. (5)