{"product_id":"how-birds-live-robert-burton-1975","title":"How Birds Live by Robert Burton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Birds Live (Illustrated 1975 Natural History in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA richly illustrated popular survey of bird feeding, territory, song, nesting and migration\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 How Birds Live\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert Burton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elsevier-Phaidon, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0729000222\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published 1975. Volume 2 of the How Animals Live series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's green cloth hardcover with plain boards, in a pictorial dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large, heavy quarto-style hardcover. Fully illustrated with colour photographs and paintings throughout.\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 Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The green cloth boards are clean, with square corners and an even spine. No marks or wear are visible beneath the jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing, markings or stains. The binding is tight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present and in very good plus condition. The pictorial jacket carries a colour photograph of a thrush feeding its chicks on the front and a golden pheasant on the back. It is clean and tidy, with no tears, and the spine is dark with no fading or fraying. The flap carries an About the Author note. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow Birds Live, by Robert Burton, was published in London by Elsevier-Phaidon in 1975 as volume 2 of the How Animals Live series. It is a popular natural-history survey written for the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows the working lives of birds: instinct and learning, feeding and the shapes of bills, territories and colonies, song, courtship, nesting and migration. Colour photographs and paintings accompany the text on page after page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a handsome, well-preserved copy in its original pictorial jacket, suited to natural-history readers and to collectors of illustrated ornithological books from the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Robert Burton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Burton, born in 1941, trained as a zoologist and became a prolific writer on natural history. He is the son of the zoologist and popular writer Maurice Burton, and he continued his father's Daily Telegraph Nature Note column. He has also written for The Garden and for the RSPB magazine Birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other titles include Bird Behaviour (1985), Bird Flight, Bird Migration, Egg and the North American Birdfeeder Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow Birds Live Robert Burton · 1975 bird behaviour book · illustrated ornithology book · How Animals Live series · Elsevier-Phaidon natural history · bird migration and song book\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elsevier-Phaidon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58800934027567,"sku":"TCB-000549","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/how-birds-live64195_cover_1.jpg?v=1794122998","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/how-birds-live-robert-burton-1975","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}