FIRST EDITION QUARTO THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. REBOUND IN FINE BROWN HALF LEATHER RAISED BAND NEW ENDPAPERS GILT TILES AND DECORATION TO THE SPINES. VOL 1. FRONTISPIECE vii iv 487 pp.; VOL 2. FRONTISPIECE iv 310 appendix (224 pp) supplement (28pp); VOL. 3. ARMOURIAL PLATES (126pp). EACH VOLUME HAS TWO BOOKPLATES ONE BEING THAT OF CHARLES RODEN FILGATE OF MATLOCK. SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE PRELIMS OTHERWISE AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET IN A FINE BINDING. POSTAGE AT COST.
VERY GOOD COPY IN MARBLED AND HALF LEATHER BOARDS. CROSS BANDED SPINE. SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR.C. HART MERRIAM ORNITHOLOGIST.
