American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States. In Three Volumes by Wilson, Alexander and Bonaparte, Prince Charles Lucien - 1876

Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1876. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illustrator: Wilson, Alexander and Peale, Titian R. and A. Rider. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. With illustrative notes and life of Wilson by Sir William Jardine, 3 vols., no date,(c.1876), Green cloth, gilt stamped on spine with gilt bird of prey, frontispiece with tissue in Vol. 1, dark green end papers, full page color plates drawn from life by Wilson, Titian R. Peale, and A. Rider; Vol. I is cx + 408 pp., Vol. II x + 495 pp., Vol. III viii + 540 pp. including the General Index. All three volumes have wear at corners and spine ends; covers are stained to varying degrees, and some scuffing. Interiors are generally clean and tight, including plates. However, there is some soiling on some of the plates especially in margins and particularly in the first third of the volumes. Most plates are in excellent condition, and all are present. Vol. III has front free end paper stuck to front end paper at one spot and there is a small hole in fly title where it too, had been stuck. Illustrator: Wilson, Alexander and Peale, Titian R. and A. Rider. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 7 lbs 10 oz. Category: Animals & Birds; Books; Inventory No: 001867. . This is a SET of books, therefore heavier than a standard volume, and will require extra shipping charges.