Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon de Henry, G. M.; Wait, W.E - 1996

Sri Lanka: Lake House Printers & Publishers Limited , 1996. Beige Boards. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Henry, G. M. Type: Z A lovely copy of this book, being a facsimile copy of the original published by the Ceylon Government in 1927. Consists of all four parts of the book, probably purchased and bound locally. Bound in what appears to be black leatherette - somewhat crude probably of local ( ie Sri Lankan) origin. Numerous full page colour plates (over 60) with tissue guards which have short descriptions of each bird on them about the opposing colour plate. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine also slightly crude. A couple of extremely slight soil marks to the fore edges, barely noticeable. There is a little rubbing to the reverse of the rear end paper with a little transfer of the pastel coloured end paper to the top of the last blank page. There are a few biro letters to the reverse of the last page of Part One. At the end of each part there is a small former booksellers sticker. Otherwise clean and tight. No wrapper. A very good copy.