Cramp (S), chief ed.: Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Birds of the Western Palearctic. THE RSPB EDITION COMPLETE IN DUST-WRAPPERS , Oxford University Press for the RSPB, [1977-1994]

9 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, with titles in red and black, and many hundreds and coloured plates, illustrations and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in the d/w, the wrappers lightly sunned at backstrips as usual. The standard reference, compiled and published over nearly two decades. The RSPB edition was published simultaneously with the standard OUP edition. The set comprises: Vol. I: Ostrich to Ducks (1977); Vol. II: Hawks to Bustards (1980); Vol. III: Waders to Gulls (1983); Vol. IV: Terns to Woodpeckers (1985); Vol. V: Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes (1988); Vol. VI: Warblers (1992); Vol. VII: Flycatchers to Shrikes (1993); Vol. VIII: Crows to Finches (1994): Vol. IX: Buntings and New World Warblers (1994). Complete sets in this condition are scarce. (Book ref. 19638)  £580.00

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