Book Details
Title: What Bird is That? A completely revised and updated edition of the classic Australian ornithological work
Author: Neville W. Cayley, Revised by Terence R. Lindsey
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Year: 1987
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 802
Dimensions: L31cm xW23m x D6cm
Weight: 3.5kg
ISBN: 0 207 15556 9
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is of good condition with minor shelf wear to edges and ends (rubbing and creasing), and more wear to corners (rubbing). Some scuffing and superficial creases over the body.
The hardcover beneath is a reflection of the artwork of the dust jacket. It is well preserved, glossy. Minor shelf wear to edges/ends/corners only (bumping, rubbing).
Inside:
Binding is firm and intact.
There is an ink inscription on the inside of the front cover celebrating Christmas 1988.
Pages are in very good conddition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"For over 50 years What Bird is That? has been Australia's most popular bird identification guide. Despite worthy competitors it maintains its place as the book people first turn to when they become interested in Australian birds. And yet, to the astonishingly productive Neville Cayley, this was merely a beginning. He planned a major project, a "big bird book" which would contain life histories of every Australian bird with illustrations of every subspecies and plumage stage.
The plates for this mammoth work, over 430 in all, were prepared but the text was never completed and, towards the time of Cayley's death in 1950, the project was abandoned. Now these delicately beautiful and accurately observed paintings are combined with a completely revised and updated text to create an edition of Australia's classic bird reference that is truly a landmark in Australian publishing.
Prominent ornithologist Terence Lindsey has revised and updated the text and sets new standards in his concern for detail and accuracy. He has also expanded the work to include range maps for each species and a new section containing descriptions of each habitat together with colour photographs of most. He is joined by colleagues Arnold McGill and A.R. McEvey, whose appreciations of Neville Cayley's work reveal both the ornithologist and the artist.
One of the special pleasures of What Bird is That? for beginners is the arrangement of birds by where they live rather than the traditional arrangement by relationships. This distinctive feature has been preserved in this edition, together with the concise notes on each species' distribution, habitat, life history, nesting and food, and the derivation of its scientific name. Those who grew up with What Bird is That? will also be delighted to see the old plates reproduced in a larger format, particularly as new colour separations have restored the vibrancy of colour found only in first editions.
While it is indeed a thing of treat beauty to be treasured by many generations, this edition of What Bird is That? is the reliable reference to which Australian families can continue to turn with assurance as well as pleasure."
Book Details
Title: What Bird is That? A completely revised and updated edition of the classic Australian ornithological work
Author: Neville W. Cayley, Revised by Terence R. Lindsey
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Year: 1987
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 802
Dimensions: L31cm xW23m x D6cm
Weight: 3.5kg
ISBN: 0 207 15556 9
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is of good condition with minor shelf wear to edges and ends (rubbing and creasing), and more wear to corners (rubbing). Some scuffing and superficial creases over the body.
The hardcover beneath is a reflection of the artwork of the dust jacket. It is well preserved, glossy. Minor shelf wear to edges/ends/corners only (bumping, rubbing).
Inside:
Binding is firm and intact.
There is an ink inscription on the inside of the front cover celebrating Christmas 1988.
Pages are in very good conddition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"For over 50 years What Bird is That? has been Australia's most popular bird identification guide. Despite worthy competitors it maintains its place as the book people first turn to when they become interested in Australian birds. And yet, to the astonishingly productive Neville Cayley, this was merely a beginning. He planned a major project, a "big bird book" which would contain life histories of every Australian bird with illustrations of every subspecies and plumage stage.
The plates for this mammoth work, over 430 in all, were prepared but the text was never completed and, towards the time of Cayley's death in 1950, the project was abandoned. Now these delicately beautiful and accurately observed paintings are combined with a completely revised and updated text to create an edition of Australia's classic bird reference that is truly a landmark in Australian publishing.
Prominent ornithologist Terence Lindsey has revised and updated the text and sets new standards in his concern for detail and accuracy. He has also expanded the work to include range maps for each species and a new section containing descriptions of each habitat together with colour photographs of most. He is joined by colleagues Arnold McGill and A.R. McEvey, whose appreciations of Neville Cayley's work reveal both the ornithologist and the artist.
One of the special pleasures of What Bird is That? for beginners is the arrangement of birds by where they live rather than the traditional arrangement by relationships. This distinctive feature has been preserved in this edition, together with the concise notes on each species' distribution, habitat, life history, nesting and food, and the derivation of its scientific name. Those who grew up with What Bird is That? will also be delighted to see the old plates reproduced in a larger format, particularly as new colour separations have restored the vibrancy of colour found only in first editions.
While it is indeed a thing of treat beauty to be treasured by many generations, this edition of What Bird is That? is the reliable reference to which Australian families can continue to turn with assurance as well as pleasure."
