1st edition, 1st printing. xvi, 284pp, plus 4pp of publisher's at rear. Tissue-guarded, sepia frontispiece, plus numerous photographic illustrations by Oliver G Pike. In gilt lettered pictorial green cloth boards. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Cloth rubbed on corners, spine joints and edges, mildly rounded at spine ends, a few mild marks, spine lightly sunned. Previous owner's name on a toned front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A very nice, vintage copy of this classic work on birds in Wales.