Habits and Characteristics of Animals and Birds by Captain Thomas Brown - 1870

London - James Blackwood and co, 1870 Book. Good. Hardcover. An interesting companion guide on animals and birds. With eight full plateillustrations of various animals and birdsthroughout. Collated, complete. Captain Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist. This guide includes information on several amphibious animals, monkeys, pouched animals, as well as various birds from grouse to owl and song birds. Condition: In original cloth binding with gilt stamped detailing to spine and front board. Externally, worn. Cloth has faded with handling marks to boards and spine. Loss to head of spine and backstrip is lifting at head. Prior owner's ink signature to front pastedown illegible due to front endpaper adhering to pastedown. W. H Smith and Co blind stamp to front pastedown. Internally, binding is tender in places, otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spots throughout. Prior owner's pencil drawings to the margins of first few pages as well as some annotations to page 257. Does not affect text. Overall: GOOD..