Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan [Volume 1-7].

Original publisher’s blue cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: Vol. 1. Divers to Hawks [2nd ed.]: lviij, 382pp., 18 colour plates, 4 bl.& wh. plates. Vol. 2. Megapodes to Crab Plover: xvi, 346pp., colour-plates 19-31. Vol. 3. Stone Curlews to Owls: xvi, 326pp., colour-plates 32-43. Vol. 4. Frogmouths to Pittas: xvi, 266pp., colour-plates 44-54. Vol. 5. Larks to the Gray Hypocolius: xvi, 276pp., colour-plates 55-64. Vol. 6. Cuckoo-Shrikes to Babaxes: xvi, 246pp., colour-plates 65-72. Vol. 7. Laughing Thrushes to the Mangrove Whistler: xvi, 236pp., colour-plates 73-83. Very fine copies.