{"product_id":"roberts-birds-of-south-africa-mclachlan-liversidge-1981","title":"Roberts Birds of South Africa by G. R. McLachlan \u0026 R. Liversidge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoberts Birds of South Africa (Fourth Edition, Fifth Impression in Pictorial Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Standard Southern African Bird Reference in Its Revised Fourth Edition, Illustrated with Colour Plates and Distribution Maps\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 Roberts Birds of South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e G. R. McLachlan \u0026amp; R. Liversidge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund; distributed by C. Struik (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0620031182\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fourth Edition, Fifth Impression, 1981. Revised by G. R. McLachlan and R. Liversidge from the work of Austin Roberts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the front and spine, in a pictorial dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large, thick octavo reference volume. With colour plates, black-and-white line drawings and distribution maps in the text, and an endpaper map of southern Africa.\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 green cloth boards are clean and bright, with crisp gilt lettering to the front and spine. The spine foot is sound and no damage is visible to the boards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and the binding appears tight. There is light staining to the rear endpaper map near its lower edge. The text is illustrated with line drawings and distribution maps, with colour plates throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, and protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover. The jacket is clearly worn: toned and yellowed, with water staining along the lower fore-edge of the back cover and rear flap, and a brown tide-mark on the rear flap. The spine is chipped at head and tail with small pieces lost and the lettering partly lost. There is edge chipping and rubbing along the top edge, and a rectangular patch of discolouration at the top left of the front cover where a label may once have been.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoberts Birds of South Africa is the long-standing standard reference on the birds of the subcontinent. It descends from the pioneering 1940 work by the zoologist Austin Roberts, the first comprehensive work on South African ornithology, and was revised and expanded over successive editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Fourth Edition, revised by G. R. McLachlan and R. Liversidge, gives each species' identification, distribution, habits, food, voice and breeding. Bird names are given in English, Afrikaans and Latin, and the text is supported by distribution maps, line drawings and colour plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor field ornithologists, Africana natural history collectors and bird-book enthusiasts, it remains a useful working reference and a good representative of the Roberts lineage. This is a sound, honestly described copy, with the wear confined to its dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoberts Birds of South Africa 1981 · McLachlan and Liversidge Roberts · Roberts Birds fourth edition · South African bird reference book · Africana natural history birds · Roberts Birds with dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund; distributed by C. Struik (Pty) Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58800928260399,"sku":"TCB-000572","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/roberts-birds-of-south-africa14341_cover_1.jpg?v=1794120009","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/roberts-birds-of-south-africa-mclachlan-liversidge-1981","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}