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Stanmore, New South Wales: Cassel Australia, 1979. 283pp., foreword by Terence Lindsay, index. The text is illustrated with full colour reproductions of paintings of Gladys O'Grady. Coloured endpapers. Black coloured boards with white writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed as is the head and heel of spine, and a portion of the bottom edge of the front board. There are some grubby marks to the paper edges, and a gift inscription on the half title. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing Plumed Egret, with black background and white writing on front panel and spine. The corners slightly rubbed and there is an area on the back foldover edge which is also rubbed. This book illustrates an extensive range birds found on the East Coast of Australia, with either eggs or young. The artist has been studying birdlife all of her 85 years, and the accompanying text has an emphasis on nesting and breeding habits of the birds illustrated.. First Edition. Black Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Gladys O'Grady. Oblong Octavo. Art/Australiana.