The Handbook of British Birds
WITHERBY,, H.F., Rev. F.C.R., JOURDAIN,, Norman F., TICEHURST, Bernard W., TUCKER
With Additions, Corrections, Systematic List and Indices.
THE ORIGINAL 'HANDBOOK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Witherby, 1938-1941
Stock code: 40597
Price: £224.00
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 147 coloured plates containing many hundreds of illustrations; original dark blue buckram, gilt backs, rose tops, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper.
'Witherby' remained the standard reference for almost half a century. The work comprises Vol. I: Crows to Flycatchers (1938); Vol. II: Warblers to Owls (1938); Vol. III: Hawks to Ducks (1939); Vol. IV: Cormorants to Crane (1940); Vol. V: Terns to Game Birds, Additions, Corrections, Systematic List and Indices (1941). See Tate, p.44.