VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIP CASE. PREVIOUS OWNER`S STICKER ON F.E.P. INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT. ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES KEEPING. EDITED BY ARTHUR J. COX.
FIRST EDITION. QUARTO. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). IN THIS VOLUME THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND TOGETHER IN RED HALF- LEATHER OVER MARBLE BOARDS. MARBLED END PAPERS AND TEG. FRONT END PAPER HAS BECOME DETACHED BUT IS COMPLETE. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. 54 COLOURED PLATES IN TOTAL. WITH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. THE ORIGINAL COVERS OF THE PARTS HAVE BEEN BOUND IN. A HANDSOME AND UNUSUAL BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY OF SEPTIMUS HEDGES. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO REBOUND IN HALF LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS. THIS WORK WAS ISSUED IN FOUR PARTS FROM OCTOBER 1895 TO JULY 1896. IT COVERS THE LIMICOLAE ( PLOVERS SANDPIPERS….). WITH 54 COLOURED PLATES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS AND AN INDEX OF THE AUTHORS QUOTED. A HANDSOME BOOK CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. VERY SCARCE.
THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 24 PARTS (1905-1910). THIS SET COMPRISES 2O OF THE 24 PARTS AND THEREFORE 85 OF THE 106 COLOUR PLATES OF EGGS ALL WITH THE ORIGINAL CARD COVERS. PARTS 3/4 AND 23/24 ARE MISSING. A VERY SCARCE WORK.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE BUT WITH SOME FADING ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT OF SLIP-CASE. FULLY ILLUSTRATED INCLUDED END PAPERS. INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS AND SOURCES OF THE HEADING TEXTS.
