Familiar wild birds (series 1-4) by Swaysland, W - 1901

Cassell, 1901. Endpapers browned, light wear.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Thorburn, A et al.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Cassell, 1901T. hardcover. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, soiling, slight loss on the corners and spine ends. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown, stamp on the title page. Pages tanned with minor foxing.

Cassell & Company, 1883. Hardcover. Good. . 4 vols, bound in 2 books. Brown leather spine, corners, red cloth boards. Minor foxing throughout, still readable. General shelf/age wear, spines look good on a shelf.

London: Cassell, 1900. Hardcover. Good. The complete four volumes, bound as two. Handsome quarter leather binding of of Swaysland's comprehensive, readable and generously illustrated guide to wild birds. Each entry has a full page colour plate and usually two b/w sketches, plus decorated initial. Top edge gilt. Gilt and blind-stampped decoration to spine. No date but c. 1900. Red cloth boards have some fading, marking and staining. Rubbing to leather and small tear to top of volume I. Very light. occasional foxing within, otherwise clean and prim. Good condition.

London: Cassell, 1901. Ownership ink stamps on half-titles. Another owners name on f-fep of series one and two. Spines bumped.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1903. Illustrated by A. Thorburn and others, with coloured plates throughout, dark blue cloth covered boards with leather spine, 7 fine line bands to spine with gilt lettering, some chipping to spine edges, spine ends bumped at head, light rubbing to boards, ink inscription to front endpapers, endpapers browned, internal hinge cracked, pp clean, text clear to read, each volume 160 pages with each bird illustrated in colour and with in-text engravings and a decorated initial letter to each chapter, section entitled 'Eggs and Egg Collecting' by R. Kearton, Classified Index and General Index to rear, binding sound.. Half - Leather. Good. Illus. by A. Thorburn. 8vo.

London: Cassell & Company, 1903. viii, 160; viii, 160; viii, 156; viii, 176pp; index, 160 col plates, num bw ills in text. Four volumes bound in two, contemporary brown buckram with gilt titles. Some pencil drawings on endpaper of vol 3-4, endpapers foxed. Each volume contains 40 beautiful color plates, all plates are exceptionally clean. Tape repairs to margins of 4 pages & 2 plates not affecting text or subject of plate. Thorough examination of familiar wild birds of Britain.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by W. Thorburn & Others. 8vo.