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THOMAS BAINBRIGGE FLETCHER, C M INGLIS AND HUGH WHISTLER

TWO BOOKS ON BIRDS OF INDIA


Estimate: Rs 8,000-Rs 10,000 ( $115-$140 )


Two Books on Birds of India


a) Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher and C M Inglis, Birds of an Indian Garden, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 2nd edition 1936

xii, 201 pages, 33 coloured plates together with 19 black and white illustrations within the text by C M Inglis; original decorated green cloth, with original dust wrapper
10 x 7.6 in (25 x 19 cm)

Originally appeared as articles in the Agricultural Journal of India during the years 1919-1924.


b) Hugh Whistler, Popular handbook of Indian birds, London: Curney and Jackson, 1935, 2nd edition

513 pages, coloured frontispiece, illustrated with 29 full pages (95 figures) of which five are coloured, and 96 figures in the text from drawings by Gronvold; original green cloth, top edges gilt, lower and fore edges deckled edges,
9.2 x 6 in (23.3 x 15.2 cm)

(Set of two)