[Philadelphia]: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. First edition, first printing of the birding book by James Bond, the American ornithologist whose name Ian Flemming took for his iconic spy protagonist. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the..... More
[Philadelphia]: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. First edition. Signed on the dedication page by James Bond, the American ornithologist whose name Ian Fleming took for his iconic spy protagonist. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the ornithologist's..... More
[Philadelphia]: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936. First edition. Signed on the dedication page by James Bond, the American ornithologist whose name Ian Fleming took for his iconic spy protagonist. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide and he later explained to the ornithologist's..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First printing of the second edition; the first edition was published in 1936 by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Bound in publisher's brown cloth lettered in black. Near fine with very slight lean to binding, former owner inscription to verso of front..... More