The Feathered Tribes Of The British Islands (Mudie's British Birds) Volumes 1 & 2. Two volume set by MUDIE, Robert - 1830

London: Whittaker, 1830. hardcover. Poor. Two hardcovers, no jackets. Poor. Both volumes with wear and bumping to corners and board edges; rubbing/wear to covers; soiling and staining to covers; whitening to covers; front covers detached but present; tears and splitting along spine edges; running/age toning to covers; sunning to spines; slanting to spines; rubbing/fading to spine gilt; chips, nicks, small tears and small closed tears to spine cloth and head/foot of spine; title, plates, and contents pages missing; soiling/staining to page edges; foxing to page edges; dust staining to top edge of pages; hinges cracked; binding mesh exposed; multiple and heavy cracks to binding in textblock; glue burning/browning to inside covers and endpapers; former owner's bookplate pasted to inside front covers; foxing to inside covers and endpapers; tears to binding paper; pages browned; small closed tears/tears to spine edge of pages;

Vol. 1 with front endpaper and dedication page separate but present; preface (v - xvi) separated but present; pages 1 - 48 held on by top binding string only.

Vol. 2 with small ink stain to fore edge of pages; front endpaper connected to front cover but separated from rest of textblock; if there was a preface, it is missing, text starts at page 1.

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