The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs - First Series (Comprising the Families Corvidae to Phoenicopteridae) by T. A. Coward - 1961

New York, London: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1969. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 1969. Hardcover. Fair. DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. 348p. including 177 plates in color and b&w.

Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd, 1969. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1969. No Edition Remarks. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor tape repairs to some gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. 4th edition. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with lettering and decorations. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1936. Sixth Edition. 402 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over decorated brown cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is bowed and forward leaning. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1975. Hardcover. Good. 1975. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1969. Hardcover. Good. 1969. No Edition Remarks. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. Fifth Edition. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London, 1920. Copy of First Edition. Good. Cover intact with light wear on spine. Front page dislodged.

Frederick Warne, 1969. Hardcover. Good. 1969. 359 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Insert to front pastedown. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.

Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd, 1941. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1941. Reprint. 412 pages. Dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with faint tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Minor chip to front hinge. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and to panel edges. Moderate water staining to panels. Light rubbing and marking all over.