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Birds of Arabia.
specially bound with Saudi Arabia coat of arms
A finely bound copy of this definitive work on Arabian birds with the gilt arms of Saudi Arabia, officially adopted in 1950, adorning the front cover.A controversial figure in his 'day job' of military intelligence and espionage Meinertzhagen was also a keen ornithologist and in 1948–49, accompanied by Dr Phillip Clancey, he made an expedition to Arabia, Yemen, Aden, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya which resulted in the present book.
First edition; large 4to (26.4 x 18 cm); folding map of Arabia and The Gulf in rear pocket, 19 colour plates, 9 photographic plates, maps and illustrations in text; later tan morocco gilt by Asprey, with gilt arms of Saudi Arabia to upper cover, a fine copy; 624 pp.
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specially bound with Saudi Arabia coat of arms
A finely bound copy of this definitive work on Arabian birds with the gilt arms of Saudi Arabia, officially adopted in 1950, adorning the front cover.A controversial figure in his 'day job' of military intelligence and espionage Meinertzhagen was also a keen ornithologist and in 1948–49, accompanied by Dr Phillip Clancey, he made an expedition to Arabia, Yemen, Aden, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya which resulted in the present book.
First edition; large 4to (26.4 x 18 cm); folding map of Arabia and The Gulf in rear pocket, 19 colour plates, 9 photographic plates, maps and illustrations in text; later tan morocco gilt by Asprey, with gilt arms of Saudi Arabia to upper cover, a fine copy; 624 pp.
