Birds of the Southwest Pacific by Ernst Mayr
1945. Third Printing. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Scuffing and dark marking overall. Water staining to all surfaces. Notable tanning to spine and edges.