{"product_id":"calburns-birds-of-southern-africa-calburn-1969","title":"Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCalburn's Birds of Southern Africa (Illustrated 1969 Field Sketchbook with Inscription)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Painter's Pictorial Record of Bird-Drawing Expeditions Across Southern Africa, in Paintings, Field Sketches and Notes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa: paintings, field sketches and field notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Purnell \u0026amp; Sons S.A. (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town ; Johannesburg ; London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Purnell trade issue, 1969. Inscribed by previous owners, dated December 1974.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with a gilt secretarybird line-drawing to the front board.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large, heavy quarto-size illustrated book with colour plates and pencil-sketch illustrations. Without maps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The blue cloth boards are clean and free of obvious damage, with a gilt secretarybird line-drawing to the front board. There is light bumping at the bottom of the spine, where a little thread shows, and the foot of the spine is slightly worn. The back board is clean blue cloth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and bright overall, with light toning at the gutter and a crease along the front free endpaper hinge. There are small dark specks on the endpaper. The binding is tight and sound. The text pages with pencil-sketch illustrations are clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handwritten blue-ink inscription on the title page: \"December, 1974. To our Darling Douglas, May we all be spared to enjoy many more Christmases together. Love, Mark, Brenda, + Verity\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover, but in poor condition. The front panel shows heavy foxing, mottling and staining, and the edges are creased, chipped and browned. A large patch of paper has peeled away from the spine, leaving white, chipped and rubbed head and tail, and there are tape-like repair marks at the top of the flap. The back panel is toned and stained. The front flap carries the author biography and the rear flap the blurb and the original price of R 10.00. Offered as a working jacket on a sound book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Purnell in 1969, Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa is a large, lavishly illustrated book on watching and drawing birds in the field, written and painted by Simon Calburn. It was his first published work, and he described it as a pictorial record of bird-drawing expeditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book presents birds from the major kinds of terrain: forest and bush, mountain and veld, marsh and vlei, and sea and shore. Pencil field sketches, watercolour studies and large finished plates sit beside text on how the artist works, the difficulties he meets and how birds live. The text mixes field anecdotes with information, and treats birds as individuals with distinct characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts illustrations are a major attraction, with 80 plates including 18 full-page colour plates. This copy carries a warm family inscription dated December 1974, a pleasing mark of a book given as a Christmas gift. It will suit collectors of Africana natural history and South African bird art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Simon Calburn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Calburn (born 1938) is a South African bird artist. Calburn's Birds of Southern Africa was his first published work. 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