The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands. [In two volumes] Third Edition. by MUDIE, Robert

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Feathered Tribes Of The British Islands (Volume Ii).

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Feathered Tribes Of The British Islands (Volume I).

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

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… Read More

Colour frontis and vignette each volume and 21 coloured plates, numerous ills. in text [complete]

London: Henry Bohn, 1841. 3rd edition. Good. small octavo. hardbacks in original cloth xxiv + 379, 391pp., colour frontis.(1), hand-coloured plates, text illusts, With 5 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates in volume one & 10 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates in volume two. Volume one lacks title-page & first few prelims; volume two has a nice coloured title-page & 10 hand coloured plates (inc. frontis.). Boards detached but present; chipping & tears to some prelims. & lacks penultimate page in volume 3. Sold as a reading copy & for plates (incomplete?) only

London: George Bell & Sons, 1878. Fourth edition. 28 color plates. [xxvi], 422; 440 pp, plus 24 pp publisher's catalogue dated Feb., 1888 in each vol. 2 vols. 8vo. Original purple cloth stamped in black and gilt. Light rubbing to extremites, upper hinges cracked, else Fine. Fourth edition. 28 color plates. [xxvi], 422; 440 pp, plus 24 pp publisher's catalogue dated Feb., 1888 in each vol. 2 vols. 8vo.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854.. 2 volumes. Fourth edition. Illustrated with 28 coloured plates (complete). Bound in half black leather with gilt stamped leather labels on spines, five raised bands, marbled paper boards and matching marbled end papers. Minor wear at extremeties, frontispieces and half titles separated, water staining to a few plates, otherwise a fine set.