Hoëveldvoëls by Ian Sinclair

Hoëveldvoëls (Afrikaans First Edition Highveld Bird Pocket Guide)

A Compact Afrikaans Pocket Guide to the Common Birds of the South African Highveld

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Hoëveldvoëls
• Author: Ian Sinclair
• Publisher: C. Struik Uitgewers, Kaapstad
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN-13: 9780869687543
• ISBN-10: 086977543X
• Edition Details: Eerste uitgawe (First Edition), 1987. Struik-Sakboekgids vir Suider-Afrika series.
• Binding: Publisher's pictorial hardcover with printed paper-covered boards and a glued spine; cover illustration printed directly on the boards.
• Physical Format: Small pocket-guide format, approximately 180 x 110 mm. Illustrated throughout in colour, with line drawings.
• Language: Afrikaans

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: Illustrated printed boards with dark navy spine ends and a cream and grey spine panel. The boards are clean and the corners sharp, with no obvious wear. The spine is straight, with a tiny nick or lift at the head of the spine.
• Interior: The pages are clean and cream, with no foxing or marks. The plain grey endpaper is clean and the binding is tight. No inscriptions, stamps or ex-library marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Hoëveldvoëls is an Afrikaans pocket guide to more than 60 of the most common birds of the Highveld, published in Cape Town by C. Struik Uitgewers in 1987 as part of the Struik-Sakboekgids vir Suider-Afrika series.

Beyond identification, the guide covers the habits and habitats of the birds and the best places to watch them. It also gives practical advice for the garden: which plants attract birds, and how to provide food, bird baths and nesting places.

Its slim size suits the pocket or the glovebox, and it is a pleasing example of Afrikaans-language natural history publishing from the 1980s. It will appeal to birders, collectors of Africana natural history and those who collect Afrikaans field guides.

Author Profile: Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair, born in 1948 in Northern Ireland, worked largely in South Africa and is regarded as one of Africa's foremost field birders. He pioneered the early birding landscape of South Africa and led many expeditions to find and research birds.

He is among the most published authors on the birds of Africa and its adjacent islands, with more than twenty bird books to his name. He is lead author of the best-selling Sasol Birds of Southern Africa and of the bird-finding guide Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africa, and co-wrote Birds of Southern Africa with Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton.

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