Author:
THORBURN Archibald
Title:
British Birds Four Volumes
Price:
£750.00
Year:
1915, 1915, 1916, 1918
Edition:
First Editions
Publisher:
Longmans Green and Co
Summary:
viii -143 + vi ? 72 + vi ? 87 + viii ? 107 + 11 pages, top edge gilt except the supplement 4to. 82 colour plates. Some sporadic browning to the text of volume four, otherwise the text is generally clean in all volumes, the plates bright with no spotting. Bound in the publishers red cloth, gilt ruled line to board edges and titles in gilt to the spines. The cloth in exceptional condition with no fading or marks. Still retaining the rare DUST JACKETS some chipping to head and tail of spines and edges of vols 1 3 & 4 more so to volume 2 which has some repairs to the verso the other DJs have had no restoration. The supplement in the publisher printed card covers as issued. An exceptional set of the first edition of Thorburn's finest work which ran to many editions. The cloth so often found faded and marked and rare in this condition more so with the dust
Ref:
21932
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