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BIRDS' EGGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
by Butler, Arthur G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Brumby & Clarke Limited, 1904. Book. Illus. by Frohawk, F. W.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to (22 x 29cm). "With 24 Coloured plates illustrating 475 specimens"; pp. 105. The 254 chromolithographic plates are all very good and with the original tissue guards a few marked; half-title & title pages. Original two-tone green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing only. Contents clean and tight, inscription in ink to the top of the half title dated 1904, original end-papers toned and a little brittle around the edges, slight spotting to title page and the odd page edge, some rusting to staples running down the spine of the first few gathers, plates clean. A very good copy. The plates used in different editions of this work are not standard and vary in quality, this particular edition includes plates printed to a high standard, and importantly the eggs are illustrated with shadows giving a particularly 3-dimensional look: they are in our opinion superior to some earlier editions..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038288
- Title
- BIRDS' EGGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
- Author
- Butler, Arthur G
- Illustrator
- Frohawk, F. W.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Brumby & Clarke Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 4to (22 x 29cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - General; Oology;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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