Pp. ix, (1), 145; 4 full page color plates, 79 monochrome plates (many are historical woodcuts of canaries). Publisher's original mottled light brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This is a study of the history and development of the Lizard Canary and several other rare and threatened breeds. The book examines the history, form and shape, breeding, and exhibiting of each of the breeds, which include the Crested, Lancashire, Scotch, Belgian, and Frilled. The work also includes a section on modern day canary management (from the jacket flap). This volume is in the Cage and Aviary Series of Saiga Publishing. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. Cage and Aviary Series. Boards clean. Text block slightly browned. Light browning to contents. A very few pale foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is scuffed to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! Seller Inventory # 1827782
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Seller: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Netherlands
Condition: Very good. Seller Inventory # 9780862300524-2-2
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