The Charm of Birds by Viscount Grey of Falloden - 1929

Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Fourteenth Edition. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Robert Gibbings. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. 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 tanning.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929. xii, 244pp. Illustrated with 21 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings and a colour illustrated d.j., chipped and incomplete but now enclosed with a clear mylar cover. D.j. unclipped and priced at 12/6. Bound in green buckram, gilt. First published in 1927. A nice early copy in the original but chipped colour d.j.. Sixth Impression.. hard back. V.g./V G Chipped and Foxed. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. large 8vo.

THE CHARM OF BIRDS
Viscount Grey of Falloden
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London (1929)
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1929. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). Sixth Impression. xii, 244pp. Illustrated with 21 woodcuts by Robert. Bound in green cloth, gilt, Fadedboards and spine Nice copy internally great condition. First published in 1927. A nice early copy.

London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1927. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Robert Gibbins. The second impression of this beautiful study of birdlife. The second impression published in October 1927.A beautifully illustrated work on birdlife. This work was written not intended to be for scientific value. It's purpose is to understand and appreciate the beauty of nature. The text is accompanied by intricate woodcuts by Robert Gibbings in the form of vignettes. These twenty one vignettes celebrate the beauty of the natural world from the animals to the process of observation. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Externally generally smart. Fading to the boards. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Offsetting to the front pastedown. Pages bright and clean. All vignettes clean. Very Good