first edition
1930 · London
by Swann, H. Kirke
London: Wheldon & Wesley, 1930. First edition limited to 412 copies, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. lxviii, xi, [1], 487; xx, 538; color plates from drawings by H. Gronvold, photogravures; contemporary half red morocco, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2, marbled endpapers; spines a little sunned, else near fine. The only complete monograph of the diurnal birds of prey. Nissen 917.
(Inventory #: 19932)