The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. (2 parts in one vol.)

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(Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions 1979). Folio. Orig. linen cloth with oval portr. mounted on front cover (spine and part of cloth toned). With 20 full-page col. plates and 2 facs. Reprint of Lond. 1837-1838 eds. with Appendices by Allan McEvey. Associated ephemera loosely inserted. Lim. ed. of 500 copies signed by A. McEvey this being No. 206. Light foxing on end-pages. Fine. NOTE: This work of John Gould is commonly known as the "Cancelled Parts" because they were subsequently withdrawn and their contents incorporated in "The Birds of Australia 7 vols 1840-1848".