Geoff Lockwood's Garden Birds of Southern Africa by Geoffrey Lockwood

Geoff Lockwood's Garden Birds of Southern Africa (First Edition Illustrated Garden Bird Guide in Dust Jacket)

A Fully Illustrated Field Guide to the Garden Birds of Southern Africa, Written and Painted by Geoff Lockwood

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Geoff Lockwood's Garden Birds of Southern Africa
• Author: Geoffrey Lockwood
• Publisher: Winchester Press, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 1981
• Edition Details: First Edition, Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1981.
• Binding: Publisher's brown cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large quarto-format hardcover with a colour frontispiece, colour plates of 104 species, black-and-white line drawings and distribution maps.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Boards: The brown cloth boards are plain and sit under the dust jacket. The dust jacket carries the visible wear described below, and the spine head of the jacket is chipped and frayed.
• Interior: The text and colour plates are clean and bright. There is a light crease at the gutter of page 115. The binding is sound. The endpapers carry cream-coloured tape marks and old sellotape staining where the jacket flaps have been taped down. A previous owner's address is written on the front free endpaper.
• Provenance: Previous owner's ink inscription on the front free endpaper: "W. H. Thomas. 68A. Klein St. Ermelo." (crossed out), "55 Swarthout St. Doringkloof 012. 63-1872." (crossed out), with a further "Tel. 667 3872" added in black ink.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. Cream jacket with a colour illustration of Masked Weavers. The head of the spine is chipped and frayed, the edges are rubbed, and the bottom corners are worn. There is light soiling and scuffing to the back panel. The flaps are held with old yellowed sellotape on the inside. The jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Geoff Lockwood's Garden Birds of Southern Africa, published by Winchester Press in Johannesburg in 1981, is a field guide devoted to the birds that visit southern African gardens. It is written and illustrated by Lockwood, and presents 104 species in full-colour plates.

Each bird is described by its appearance, call, diet and nesting habits. The book also offers practical advice on attracting birds to the garden, including planting, food, water and nesting boxes. Its combination of identification help and gardening advice makes it both a working reference and an attractive illustrated volume.

This is a collectible copy for the Africana natural history shelf, appealing to birdwatchers and to collectors of southern African bird art.

Author Profile: Geoff Lockwood

Geoff Lockwood began his career as a bird artist and illustrator before becoming an author. He later contributed half the illustrations to the fifth and sixth editions of Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, one of the standard works on the region's birdlife.

He is currently associated with the Delta Environmental Centre in Johannesburg, where he works as part-time manager and education officer.

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