THE SECOND EDITION. ENLARGED AND CORRECTED. REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER USING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS NEW SPINE AND TITLE LABEL RAISED BANDS. A VERY GOOD COPY INDEED. PP xii 368.
FIRST EDITION FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. IDENTIFICATION TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE GENUS SYLVIA. INCLUDES 20 COLOUR PLATES AND 546 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS.
1ST EDITION. 2 VOLS. FADED SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN RED GILT DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD GILT LETTERING TO SPINE ALL EDGES GILT. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS 46 ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY FURNISS AND ADVERTS FOR THE WORKS OF CARROLL AT THE REAR.
8 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SMALL QUARTO RECENT BINDING IN BLUE BUCKRAM NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE SET. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A BOOKPLATE AND METAL SECURITY STRIP TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN THERE IS A TICKET POUCH WITH A LABEL TO THE REAR END PAGE. THE SPINE OF EACH VOLUMES HAS ‘AK 6’ IN GILT. THE CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. THE EIGHT VOLUMES COVER: 1. 1666-89. 2. 1699-1710. 3. 1711-20. 4. 1721-30. 5. 1731-40. 6. 1741-50. 7. 1751-60. 8. 1761-70. A NICE SET OF SCARCE BOOKS.
Author:
DEMOURS M.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PARIS, PAR LA COMAGNIE DES LIBRAIRIES, 1734 - 1774
A VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. SLIGHTLY SOILED END PAGES. THE STORY OF ARCHAEOPTERYX AND THE EVOLUTION OF BIRD FLIGHT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE IN INTERESTED IN BIRDS FLIGHT OR SCIENCE.
