Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Sheila Dorrell. The complete first edition, four volume illustrated ornithological series by P. M. Soderberg, with the original dust wrappers. The first edition. Four volumes. Complete in four. Illustrated with monochrome vignettes and 6 leaves of monochrome plates by Paxton Chadwick to 'Care', 8 colour plates to 'Waxbills' by Sheila Dorrell, 8 colour plates by Sheila Dorrell to 'Finches' and 9 colour plates by Sheila Dorrell to 'Buntings'. Collated complete. This set includes P. M. Soderberg's complete series on foreign aviary and cage birds. Soderberg wrote guides on caring for pets, including works on breeding and caring for cats and this work on birds. The series covers a variety of different species of birds and how to care for them, including a description of aviaries and the elements needed to provide ample accommodation for your birds and their feeding habits. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally excellent with only the odd slight mark. Very minor offsetting to the endpapers to 'Finches', 'Care' and 'Waxbills'. The wraps are very smart with chipping to the rear of 'Finches', handling marks, heaviest to the rears, a mark to the rear of 'Waxbills' and the odd spot, heavier to 'Finches' and the versos of the wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages with light offsetting to the half title to 'Care' and 'Finches'. Very Good Indeed