FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. A GUIDE TO THE BUNTINGS AND NORTH AMERICAN SPARROWS. THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ALL THE OLD WORLD BUNTINGS AND NORTH AMERICAN SPARROWS. 39 FULL COLOUR PLATES DEPICTING ALL THE SPECIES.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS SPINE FADED. CONTAINS A SECTION ON CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS. WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A SKETCH MAP. PRIZE LABLE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN.
2 VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPS. VOLUME 1: THE NORTH VOLUME 2: THE MIDLANDS AND SOUTH.NEAT NAME AND DATE IN BOTH VOLUMES ON FEP.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO LATER FINE BINDING IN HALF CALF RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS. CHROMOLITHO TITLE/FRONTIS AND 62 PLATES SOME COLOURED. TIGHT AND CLEAN A VERY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF A SCARCE WORK.
A HANDSOME REBOUND COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION ON LARGE PAPER. RED CLOTH COVERS WITH GILT DECORATIONS ON THE SPINE AND TEG. NEW FEP AND FIRST FEW PAGES REPAIRED AT THE EDGES. VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS. THE SPEN VALLEY COVERS THE WEST YORKSHIRE TOWNS OF CLECKHEATON LIVERSEDGE AND HECKMONDWIKE. THOMAS WRIGHT LIVED IN THE VALLEY.