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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Unknown. 1st Edition. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG white dj, lightly yellowed with hint of edgewear at top. 322 pp.; 'a hopeful book about decadence, ' in which an explosion in technological innovation has thrust an unprepared culture into wealth.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Personal inscription, signed by the author on the fep. There is a small round skinned spot on the inside front cover opposite the inscription.Top edge gilt. There is a light water stain at the top of many of the pages and a slightly crinkled effect throughout. There is light shelf wear at the spine ends and extremities along with light discolorations. No interference with reading and the book is otherwise sound, tightly bound and clean. It is fair plus with wonderful illustrations and a map. Dust jacket has edgewear and some archival tape repair; it is fair plus. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Not Ex-Library Copy. Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket.Text Unmarked.Binding Is Solid.Not Ex-Library Copy. first edition, first printing.inscribed by author on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Published in four major parts in 1932, 1939, 1953, &1954. All First Editions. Vol. 1, 1932, x + 756pp, folding map at the back. Vol. 2, 1939, vii + 632pp, coloured fropntispiece, 2 other coloured plates. Vol. 3, 1953, 821pp. Vol 4, 1954, ix + 846pp, 27 plates, 46 figures.Chapin's monumental work was published in 4 parts over a period of 21 years. The author went to the Belgian Congo in 1909 at the age of 18 and remained there until the outbreak of WWI. On his return to New York, he resumed his studies and then produced the present work, 'one of the most thoroughly prepared and notable faunal works in the literature of ornithology and an indispensable work on African birds'. (Mengel, 26); 4 volumes professionally bound in half light tan leather with gilt lettering and matching boards, new end papers, tight, clean, FINE set, heavy & will attract extra postage, the 4 volumes south africa african birds ornithology congo birds congolese birds.…