Dustcover shows considerable wear and has part of back torn away - Book is in near-fine condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Green boards with gold lettering (gilt) - Illustrated - 250 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages

Cloth, dj, F/VG++. 198pp, endpaper maps, text figs, SIGNED by Acworth, a nice bright copy, with a small nick on the dustjacket the only real blemish. ~ 1st edition. ~ Ornithologist attacks the problem of the mystrerious life of the cuckoo with the zeal of Sherlock Holmes, according to the wrapper. He aslo looks at other bird puzzles.