Three Assortment of Early Bird Books
1 - Some Useful Australian Birds. Walter Froggatt, pub. NSW Department of Agriculture, Government Printer Gullick, Sydney 1921. 85pp. plus numerous full page colour lithographed plates.
Attractively produced volume commencing with an 18 page overview, with near a page of text per bird. Gilt Ibis (!) decorated red cloth bevelled boards are poor, marked and worn, spine insect affected. In contrast the contents are very bright, clean and straight.
2 - Useful Birds of Southern Australia. Robert Hall, pub. T.C. Lothian, Melbourne 1907. 306pp. B/W illustrations.
Usual notes on name, description, habitat, nest and eggs plus personal anecdotes and subjective impressions informed by his love of birds. On Passer Montanus he writes…'Their disposition is a cheerful one under nearly all circumstances. Amongst birds they are Philosophers…' Attractive Blue Wren illustrated white cloth boards are aged and bumped. Spine darkened. Preliminaries toned and foxed, Contents are clean, foxing free and well bound.
3 - A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania. Robert Hall, pub. Melville Mullin & Slade, Melbourne 1899. 116pp. + 1 illustration. Straight scientific listing with description and distribution. Brown card boards are creased and tatty, cover loose on hinge. Contents toned but clean, binding OK. 25x16cm (largest)


Estimate $60-120