MOUNTAIN BIRDS. By R.A.H. Coombes. With sixteen plates by G.E. Lodge.

1952 1st edition. 12mo (123 x 184mm). Pp32 + 16 full-page colour plates of birds by George Edward Lodge. Patterned paper-covered boards, upper board and spine titled in black. 4s. 6d.

"No group of birds is of more interest or more worthy of a monograph than the hardy species which make the hills of Britain their home. In this volume an author and an artist, both of whom are experts by reason of their long experiences of mountains and mountain birds, have combined to produce a book on this subject of outstanding merit. Robert Coombes is an ornithologist whose lifelong interest in mountains has given the exceptional opportunities for observation which have built up his intimate knowledge of his subject. George Lodge, the doyen of British bird-artists, is especially renowned for his drawings of falcons and other birds of prey. Their collaboration has resulted in a book which the publishers are proud to have in the King Penguin series." King Penguin No. 67.