A SURVEY OF THE FAUNA OF IRAQ. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Etc.

MEMBERS OF THE MESOPOTAMIA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE "D" 1915-1919 with a preface by R. A. Spence, Hon Sec of the Bombay Natural History Society.

Verlag: Bombay Natural History Society, Times Printing, Dulau, Bombay., 1923

Beschreibung

Numerous b&w photographs and line drawings. Ownership signature "Rodney Dennys, Tehran, 8. iii. 43" is on the endpaper. (He was a member of MI6 operating in north Africa during the war and who was eventually head of British Intelligence for the Middle East and North Africa for a time in the 1950s). Rebound in very similar coloured cloth with entire original cloth neatly laid over. The original cloth, with gilt lettering, is faded with some pale damp stains to the lower part of the boards and a few spots. Some foxing here and there. A travelled copy but ow very good indeed. Loosely inserted is a 27pp offprint from Ibis 1951, 'Notes on the Birds of Central Anatolia by N. J. P Wadley, and also 4 typed pages in Dennys's hand, detailing birds he saw in Anatolia on a trip in 1952. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GMESOSU044

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A SURVEY OF THE FAUNA OF IRAQ. Mammals, ...

Verlag: Bombay Natural History Society, Times Printing, Dulau, Bombay.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1923

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.