{"product_id":"a-handbook-to-the-birds-of-egypt-by-g-e-shelley","title":"A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt by G.E. Shelley","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Shelley, G.E. \u003cbr\u003eTitle: A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John van Voorst \u003cbr\u003eDate: 1872 \u003cbr\u003ePlace: London \u003cbr\u003eDimensions:  8vo. 26cm x 17cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eviii+[i]+342pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1st edition. Utilitarian binding, half leather over cream cloth boards with cloth compartment label bearing gilt titles. Leather at head of spine scuffed, corners likewise, though to a lesser extent. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle page ownership inscription of Captain H.R. Kelham, Highland Light Infantry,  Kasr-El-Nil, Cairo, December 1882. Kelham was stationed in Cairo during the Anglo-Egyptian war of 1882, served in the occupation of Crete in 1898, and in 1899 promoted and sent to South Africa to command the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry against the Boers. Observations of individual species during his time in Egypt are made in ink and pencil, noting location, date and sometimes sex of the specimen observed. Printed observation report tipped into pp232.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 fine hand coloured plates after drawings by J.G. Keulemans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author, G.E. Shelley was the nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was his first book, \"especially intended for hunters and collectors\" and deals with all the species of birds which are to be found in Egypt between the Mediterranean and the Second Cataract, giving a description of them and their measurements, and sundry notes on their habits (Anker). Wood notes that the information in this excellent work is derived chiefly from a collection of nearly a thousand skins of birds. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of South African natural history book dealer, publisher and conservationist Russel Friedman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnker 469, Wood pp566, SABIB S114\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52313644990784,"sku":null,"price":8700.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/4460\/7040\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-06-18T161355.797.jpg?v=1781855495","url":"https:\/\/www.rayvanwykrarebooks.com\/products\/a-handbook-to-the-birds-of-egypt-by-g-e-shelley","provider":"Ray van Wyk Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}