Strange adventures in Dicky-bird land : stories told by mother birds to amuse their chicks / and overheard by R. Kearton ; illustrated with photographs direct from nature by Cherry Kearton
| Author(s): | Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928 |
|---|---|
| Location: |
Retrieving Holdings Information |
| Subjects: | Birds--Juvenile fiction |
| Formats: | |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | London ; Paris ; New York ; Melbourne : Cassell and Company Limited, 1902 |
| LC Classification: | Q, QL |
| Additional Authors: | Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940 |
| Notes: | "First edition, October 1901. Reprinted, January 1902"-T.p. verso "My great desire is to induce you to take an intelligent interest in the ways of wild creatures ... It is, so far as I know, the first work of fiction to be illustrated throughout from actual photographs of the characters living and moving within its pages."-Introduction. p. viii-ix Printer's statement p. [1], followed by Advertisements interesting to photographers of natural history, 8 p. at end Bound in green pictorial cloth stamped tan, brown, and green |
| Physical Description: | xii, 195, [1], 8 p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 48908674 |