The Birds Around Us by G. J. Broekhuysen

The Birds Around Us (Revised Edition, Third Impression in Dust Jacket)

An Illustrated Guide to the Commoner Birds of Southern Africa, with Colour Plates by John Perry

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: The Birds Around Us: The commoner birds of Southern Africa
• Author: G. J. Broekhuysen
• Publisher: Howard Timmins Publishers, Cape Town
• Publication Date: 1982
• ISBN-10: 0869781634
• Edition Details: Revised Edition, Third Impression, April 1982.
• Binding: Publisher's blue cloth boards with white lettering to the front board, in illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Octavo-sized illustrated field guide with colour plates of birds, line silhouettes and tabulated text.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The deep blue cloth boards carry white title lettering to the front and are clean, with sharp corners and a straight spine. No fading or damage is evident.
• Interior: The pages are clean and bright, with no foxing or markings. The binding is tight, with the sewing visible at the gutter. The colour plates and silhouette illustrations are unmarked.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated blue jacket, with bird paintings by John Perry, is clean and bright with no visible tears, and the front flap with the author and artist biographies is intact. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

The Birds Around Us: The commoner birds of Southern Africa is an illustrated guide for the general reader who wants to put a name to the birds seen in garden, veld and countryside. This is the Revised Edition, in a third impression of April 1982, published in Cape Town by Howard Timmins.

The book combines a systematic list of bird families and genera with colour plates painted by John Perry and line silhouettes. Tabulated text sets out calls, song and status to help with identification in the field.

A clean, well-kept copy in its illustrated dust jacket, useful to the working birdwatcher and appealing to collectors of Africana natural history.

Author Profile: G. J. Broekhuysen

G. J. Broekhuysen was a Cape Town ornithologist who lectured in the Zoology Department of the University of Cape Town. He chaired the Cape Bird Club for 22 years, edited the journal Ostrich for some years, and served as Chairman of the South African Ornithological Society.

He is credited with being the first to document the arrival of Blacksmith Plovers in the Western Cape, in 1939. His other works include the Field-guide to the birds of the South African sea-shore (1969), illustrated by J. Perry.

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