FIRST EDITION 4 VOLUMES. FOLIO. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN HALF LEATHER BINDING BY CHARLES DAY OF LONDON. ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAMERA BY OSWIN A J LEE. EACH VOLUME HAS 40 FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF BIRDS THEIR EGGS AND NESTS AND VIGNETTES BY THE AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND THE SPINE OF VOLUME 2 IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT. INTERNALLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. A SCARCE ITEM.
1ST EDITION QUARTO ORIGINAL RED CLOTH NO DUSTWRAPPER PROTECTED BY AN ACETATE SHEET. WITH UNOBTRUSIVE LAW SOCIETY STAMP TO FEP AND HALF TITLE. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. THEN VERY CLEAN WITH COLOURED FOLDING MAPS CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS AND FOUR MAPS IN A REAR POCKET. SCARCE
FIRST EDITION QUARTO PROBABLY REBACKED WITH PLAIN DRAB BOARDSORIGINAL LABEL Pp vii 436 xxci 4 PLATES. THE FRONT HINGE IS SPLITTING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.
FIRST EDITION VOLUME 2 ONLY (OF THREE). THIS WAS COOK’S FIRST VOYAGE UNDERTAKEN IN THE DOLPHIN SWALLOW AND ENDEAVOUR. REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES PAPER LABELS NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. CONTAINS TITLE PAGE LIST OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 410 PAGES. THERE ARE NO PLATES IN THIS VOLUME. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF WORM HOLES AT THE FOOT OF THE LAST 30 PAGES. PICTURES AVAILABE.
LIMITED TO 125 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 34. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRINTED BY THE DIDCOT PRESS ON MOULD MADE PAPER. BOUND IN ORANGE CARD. A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
THIS IS VOLUME 6 NOS. 2 3 AND 4 OF THE ANNALS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE SUBSTANTIAL ARTICLE (PAGES 314 TO 920) AND ONE OTHER. THE PAPER COVERS ARE DETACHED BUT THE CONTENTS ARE FIRM AND VERY GOOD.
