THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES LAND BIRDS AND WATER BIRDS VERY NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND TIDY.
FOURTH EDITION. THE COMPLETE 4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3 BOOKS. THE FIRST BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 1 AND PART OF VOLUME 2. THE SECOND BOOK CONTAINS THE REST OF VOL. 2 AND VOL. 3. THE THIRD BOOK CONTAINS VOL. 4 AND THE CONTENTS PAGES. REVISED BY ALFRED NEWTON AND HOWARD SAUNDERS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY WOOD ENGRAVINGS SOME BY KEULEMANS AND NEALE. THE FIRST BOOK IS BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS (WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT TIGHTLY BOUND AND VERY CLEAN) THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS ARE BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER (FINE). HENCE A COMPLETE SET IN DIFFERENT BINDINGS..
VOL. 2 IS THE HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS AEG GILT TITLE. pp (xxii) 400. SOME RUBBING TO THE BOARDS EDGES. A VERY NICE CLEAN COPY. NUMEROUS WOODCUTS BY BEWICK.
SUPERB COPY BOUND IN FULL FINE-GRAINED GREEN MOROCCO RAISED BANDS FINE DECORATIVE GILT SCROLLING TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS ALL EDGES GILT WITH THE AMOURIAL PLATE OF HENRY LANCELOT HOLLAND. NUMEROUS LINE ILLUSTRATIONS. A VERY FRESH AND HANDSOME COPY.
TWO VOLUMES SMALL OCTAVO IN ORIGINAL RED BOARDS BLACK DECORATION TO BOARDS GILT TITLES. PART OF THE NATURALISTS’ LIBRARY WITH 68 COLOURED PLATES FRONTISPIECES. SLIGHT RUBBING TO THE BOARDS MINOR FOXING TO PRELIMS AND PAGE EDGES OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD SET.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN WORN DARK GREY CLOTH – GILT TITLE ON SPINE. RING MARK ON FRONT BOARD. ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY 200 WOODCUTS BOOKPLATE ON FEP HAS BEEN TORN OUT. 1ST E DITION.
