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British Birds
by Thorburn, Archibald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some slight fading, rubbing and very slight soiling to covers, a little internal occasional spotting and age toning to blanc end
- Seller
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About This Item
Thorburn, Archibald
British Birds; 2nd edition; Complete 4 volume set; including supplementary part(1918), with two plates in colour London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916., 4to, 80 plates in colour, original publisher's red cloth with gilt border lining on front and gilt title on spines.
Condition; Some slight fading, rubbing and very slight soiling to covers, a little internal occasional spotting and age toning to blanc endpapers. All colour plates and frontispieces are tissue guarded.Size of the books: 32.5 x 26.5 x c.4cm each (matching set). 8.8KG.
With supplementary part, containing two tissue guarded plates in colour, in original brown thick paper boards. Comes also with; several inlays from former owner clippings from 1919 land & water.
Volume 1: 143pp, plates 1 - 20 incl frontispiece, several clippings added.
Volume 2: 71pp, plates 21 - 40 incl frontiespiece, several clippings added.
Volume 3: 87pp, plates 41 - 60 incl frontispiece, several clippings added.
Volume 4: 107pp, plates 61 - 80 incl frontispiece, overall index, several clippings added.
supplementary part: 1918; 11pp, 2 tissue guarded colour plates.
Ref,; Wood, 597, Fine Bird Books, 146, Dance, 135-146.
Keywords; Thornburn, British Birds, Ornithology
British Birds; 2nd edition; Complete 4 volume set; including supplementary part(1918), with two plates in colour London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916., 4to, 80 plates in colour, original publisher's red cloth with gilt border lining on front and gilt title on spines.
Condition; Some slight fading, rubbing and very slight soiling to covers, a little internal occasional spotting and age toning to blanc endpapers. All colour plates and frontispieces are tissue guarded.Size of the books: 32.5 x 26.5 x c.4cm each (matching set). 8.8KG.
With supplementary part, containing two tissue guarded plates in colour, in original brown thick paper boards. Comes also with; several inlays from former owner clippings from 1919 land & water.
Volume 1: 143pp, plates 1 - 20 incl frontispiece, several clippings added.
Volume 2: 71pp, plates 21 - 40 incl frontiespiece, several clippings added.
Volume 3: 87pp, plates 41 - 60 incl frontispiece, several clippings added.
Volume 4: 107pp, plates 61 - 80 incl frontispiece, overall index, several clippings added.
supplementary part: 1918; 11pp, 2 tissue guarded colour plates.
Ref,; Wood, 597, Fine Bird Books, 146, Dance, 135-146.
Keywords; Thornburn, British Birds, Ornithology
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Details
- Bookseller
- PSM Wiki Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- b176
- Title
- British Birds
- Author
- Thorburn, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's red cloth with gilt border lining on front and gilt title on spines.
- Book Condition
- Used - Some slight fading, rubbing and very slight soiling to covers, a little internal occasional spotting and age toning to blanc end
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Pages
- 49
- Size
- 32,5 x 26,5 cm
- Weight
- 19.40 lbs
- Keywords
- ornithology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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