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Familiar Wild Birds. ( First and Second Series ): With Coloured Plates
by Swaysland, W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Undated, circa 1880s. 2 volumes. Beautifully illustrated, every Bird described has a Full-Page Colour Plate, In-Text illus. under decorative Capital and another bird portrait as a Tailpiece. 80 Full Page Colour Plates. Each Volume has a concluding Chapter by E. Kearton on Bird's Eggs. Each Vol. has a colour Frontis illus. protected by tissue guards ( First series Frontis "Goldfinch", Second series "Carrion Crow" ), opposite Title page with Vignette of a hovering Kestrel. Each book has 40 Plates, 36 of Birds and 4 of Eggs, almost all Plates protected by tissue guards. Attractively bound In Period Black Calf Half-Leather bindings with 5 raised bands to spine,Bright Gilt titles on brown ground and bright gilt decoration in the compartments. Endpapers and all page edges marbled. Tiny bit of wear to leather at tips of fore corners. No inscriptions except old penciled booksellers price on back of ffep.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Swan Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100033
- Title
- Familiar Wild Birds. ( First and Second Series )
- Author
- Swaysland, W
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris, New York and Melbourne
- Size
- 7 3/4" Tall.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Birds/Bird illustrations/Avian illustrations/Swaysland's Bird illustrations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Nature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
White Swan Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Swan Books
Biblio member since 2024
Redruth, Cornwall
About White Swan Books
Old fashioned Book loving Book Dealer selling from Bricks and Mortar Bookshop in Cornwall and also now selling Books online. Specialising in Antiquarian, Vintage Children's, Out of Print and Collectable books but also selling a wide range of Second Hand books in many subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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