Gibraltar, The Gibraltar Chronicle, [1950-]1953. 8vo (22.7 x 14.3 cm). 100 pp.; 21 photographs and reproductions after watercolours, showing birds (20) and the author. Original printed wrappers with b/w print mounted.

Consolidated offprint. It deals with 369 species from an area situated on an important migratory path between Europe and Africa. The work is divided into 19 chapters, each with a specific date of publication. This is followed by a list of all the birds "likely to be seen in Southern Spain and on Gibraltar" recording British, Spanish, and Moorish names for each; and concluded with an index. Inscribed by a former owner on the front wrapper verso, The last five numbered leaves contain advertisements. Little is known about the author. He was a Royal Army Pay Corps command paymaster and treasury chest officer, stationed on Gibraltar. Rare. We have never seen another copy. Sawchuk, L. A. (2003) Gibraltar Bibliography, 1556.