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Various editors : The Auk. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology

(The American Ornithologists' Union, 1939-1999)

Broken run of this renowned ornithological journal: there are three issues from 1939-40, and the sequence resumes from January 1953, and is virtually continuous thereafter. 189 journals, bound in original wrappers, plus an index volume for the years 1981-1990. The format is 235 x 155 mm until October 1976, and 257 x 174 mm thereafter. Besides the pre-1953 issues, the missing numbers are: Volume 90, No. 3 (July 1973) and the final number of 1999 (October). Illustrated with maps, tables and photographs; the last seven issues in the set have attractive colour covers. Trace of fishmothing to some covers, esp. to spines; occasional light soiling to covers; a few issues initialled on upper cover by earlier owner Jack Vincent. Very good condition. The previous owner of this set was Jack Vincent, ornithologist, soldier, and former head of the Natal Parks Board, whose contribution to the study of birds included the discovery of the Namuli Apalis in Mozambique during the 1930s. "This the premier ornithological magazine in the United States ranks easily among the 2 or 3 chief world periodicals on the subject ... practically every American ornithologist of note has contributed one or more articles to its volumes." - Casey Wood: An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology. Please note that extra shipping charges apply to this heavy set.

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