First edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles; 256pp., with maps and monochrome illustrations and 21pp. of colour and monochrome plates. Moderate wear: a little shaken; lower hinge starting (still strong); spine extremities softened; text bock edges toned with spotting and top edge dusted; boards mottled with some mild insect damage; a bump to the spine head; gilt tarnished; offset to the preliminaries; signed in ink by the author to the title page. Dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn; spine panel extremities a little chipped with a crude tape repair to the spine panel head; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.

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Title: Australian Finches in Bush and Aviary - Signed by author
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Ltd., Sydney NSW
Publication Date: 1932
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Weight: 0.59 kilograms
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Blue Mountains Books aka Blue Dragon Books is a secondhand bookshop located in Glenbrook, in the lower Blue Mountains west of Sydney. We opened the shop in 2008 and have a large range of quality books on the shelves with many more in storage. The books to be listed on Abebooks will be primarily stored apart from the shop.

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