David Armitage Bannerman | Birds of Tropical West Africa, 8 volumes, London: Oliver Boyd, 1930-51

David Armitage Bannerman

Birds of Tropical West Africa: with special reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria. London: Oliver Boyd, 1930-51

FIRST EDITION, 8 volumes, 8vo (259 x 175mm.), 86 plates (all but 3 coloured) after Frohawk, Green, Gronvold, Lodge, and others, 7 maps, illustrations in the text, contemporary dark blue half morocco, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, light spotting and browning to extremities

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