Collar Nigel Text (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. unpaginated. "This remarkable book is a photographic celebration of the greatest spectacle in the world of birds--the gathering together of East Africa's elegant pink flamingos." shipping will be extra, please inquire; 10 x 13 1/8". Illustrated by Carlo Mari Photography (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. unpaginated (63pgs.text); HB white w/pink; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/blue spine-color photocover w/white; fine. "Carlo Mari's stunning collection of photographs, the most extensive ever published, documents the private lives of these birds in their nesting colonies, during their mating rituals, and with their offspring.". Mari, Carlo (photos) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 208pp., Pictorial full colour photographic dustjacket with b/w portrait inside rear flap- covered in removable protective clear plastic, white papered boards with pink text to front & spine, col. illust. endpapers, col. plts. & text ills., full & dbl. page col. photos, full page b/w map. Three million Lesser Flamingos and 50,000 Greater Flamingos live on the alkaline lakes of Kenya and Tanzania. The spectacle of these graceful birds cluster together like a "gigantic bed of chrysanthemums". It is without a doubt one of the most moving visions in the natural world. Carlo Mari captures the fleeting loviness of these noble birds and their surroundings. Nigel Collar, whose authoritative and lively text accompanies the photographs. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Mari, Carlo (illustrator). Book. …