Tibet and Its Birds.

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

First edition, first impression, number 34 of 65 copies signed by the author and specially bound in red morocco. Charles Vaurie (1906-1975) was a prominent ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History, the world's leading expert on Palearctic birds. First edition, first impression, number 34 of 65 copies specially bound and signed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece and 6 double-sided plates from black and white photographs, 3 colour plates, double-page maps, other maps within the text, bookplate, spots to the top edges of a few leaves; publisher's red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, spine a little faded and rolled, an excellent copy; 407 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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