Birds of the Antarctic

By Edward Wilson, edited by Dr. Brian Roberts.

Blandform Press, London, 1967, First edition, First printing. 4to (12” x 10”), 191pp. Bibliography, Indexed. Over 300 very well presented drawings and paintings including 60 pages of color illustrations and 42 pages of monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth with silver title lettering on spine and silver bird on cover. Near Fine unclipped dust jacket.

A wonderfully produced book profusely illustrated with the remarkable work of Edward Wilson - most from the collection of the Scott Polar Institute. Wilson served on both of Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic expeditions where he served as zoologist, medical officer on the Discovery and chief scientist on the Terra Nova. The book clearly demonstrates Wilson’s genius as both an artist and a scientist through his exceptionally detailed and perceptive illustrations and paintings. This book would be of special interest to ornithologists since the illustrations are the first ever sketched or painted of the majority of Antarctic birds in their natural habitats.