Dymond Fraser Gantlett RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND First Edition Multi Signed
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Dymond Fraser Gantlett RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND First Edition Multi Signed
First edition first print hardback of RARE BIRDS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND by J. N. Dymond, P. A. Fraser, S. J. M. Gantlett and published by T & A. D. Poyser in 1989. Signed by seven of the book's illustrators: Clive Byers, Robert Gillmor, Alan Harris, Ian Lewington, Craig Robson, D. I. M. Wallace and Jan Wilczur on the illustrator's page opposite the title page.The book is in fine condition (Maroon cloth boards with gilt woodpecker decoration and gilt lettering to spine) with minor bumping to spine edges. The book is in a near fine unclipped dust jacket which has very light creasing to the edges. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.
This book by a trio of rare-bird specialists is a successor to two earlier works (long out of print), 'Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain and Ireland' (Sharrock 1974) and 'Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland' (Sharrock 1976). It unifies both of the earlier books and updates them, adding more than 80 species to the previous total.
The authors have analysed and considered some 45,000 records of scarce and rare birds in Britain and Ireland for the period 1958-85. Extreme rarities outside the period are also listed. They have produced not only a book of great fascination for those who delight in rarities for their own sake, but one that offers valuable information on changing patterns of arrival which may indicate changes of status of these birds within their breeding range.
More than 300 species accounts are now included, most of them accompanied by histograms of weekly and seasonal occurrences, with maps showing distribution by counties in spring and autumn or at particular times of the year. For rarities with twelve or fewer occurrences during the period 1958-85, the place, date and other relevant information is given for each record.
Every species is illustrated by a line drawing, more than 150 of them commissioned for this book, the remainder being selected from the two earlier works.
366 pages. With black & white illustrations, charts, tables, maps and bibliography.
ISBN: 0856610534
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