New Zealand Birds: An Artist's Field Studies Raymond Ching

Published by Reed Methuen, Auckland New Zealand (1987)

Item Description: Reed Methuen, Auckland New Zealand, 1987. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good with short tear to back upper edge and small area of creasing. Raymond Ching (illustrator). First Edition. Folio. 232pgs.Black Boards gilt lettering on spine. rubbing to extremities, otherwise fine, unmarked copy. seventy eight pencil studies and 69 full color paintings(watrcolor) are shown. Unclipped pictorial jacket lightly creased, with closed tear along extremities. in fersh mylar sleeve. Author and illustrator has created works of great beauty and ornithological detail. Along with the color of these beautiful birds, he captuers them in their environment; Flying feeding, swimming and nesting. Folio