Ducks Geese and Swans of Africa by Neville Brickell
Ducks Geese and Swans of Africa (Standard First Impression in Dust Jacket)
A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference to the Waterfowl of Africa and Its Outlying Islands
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Ducks Geese and Swans of Africa: and its outlying islands
- Author: Neville Brickell
- Editor: Joy Frandsen
- Publisher: Frandsen Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Sandton
- Publication Date: 1988
- ISBN-13: 9780620114431
- ISBN-10: 0620114436
- Edition Details: Standard Edition, First Impression, 1988.
- Binding: Publisher's red cloth boards with lettering to the spine, in a printed illustrated dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large hardcover, roughly 235 x 160 mm, 228 pages. Illustrated with range maps, line drawings of birds and a coloured jacket illustration.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: The red cloth boards are clean and bright, with sharp corners and no visible damage. The spine is clean, with the lettered title and the publisher's device. The page edges are clean. There is slight brightening at the top right corner of the boards, otherwise fine.
- Interior: The text pages are clean and cream-coloured, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight. The red-printed map endpapers are clean.
- The Dust Jacket: Present, and protected by a durable archival-type plastic cover. The jacket is clean and bright on the front and spine. The back panel carries a small price or barcode sticker with some yellowish discolouration, and there is light dust or marking to the back. The plastic cover is slightly rubbed.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in Sandton in 1988 by Frandsen Publishers and edited by Joy Frandsen, Ducks, Geese and Swans of Africa and its outlying islands is Neville Brickell's reference to the waterfowl of the African continent. It covers resident, migratory and introduced species, including hybrids and mutations.
Each species is treated with a distribution map, an illustration, names in several languages, and descriptions of plumage, moult, breeding and voice. The work is illustrated by Rex M. Shirley.
The book has been cited as a reference in later ornithological work, including BirdLife South Africa's Red-billed Teal account. It remains a useful and handsome title for Africana natural history and bird book collections.
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