The Handbook of British Birds. With Additions, Corrections, Systematic List and Indices. THE ORIGINAL 'HANDBOOK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
by WITHERBY, H.F
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Witherby,, 1938-1941. 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 147 coloured plates containing many hundreds of illustrations; original dark blue buckram, gilt backs, rose tops, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, very lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. 'Witherby' remained the standard reference for almost half a century. The work comprises Vol. I: Crows to Flycatchers (1938); Vol. II: Warblers to Owls (1938); Vol. III: Hawks to Ducks (1939); Vol. IV: Cormorants to Crane (1940); Vol. V: Terns to Game Birds, Additions, Corrections, Systematic List and Indices (1941). See Tate, p.44.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40597
- Title
- The Handbook of British Birds. With Additions, Corrections, Systematic List and Indices. THE ORIGINAL 'HANDBOOK' COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- WITHERBY, H.F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Witherby,
- Date Published
- 1938-1941
- Keywords
- natural history, ornithology, birds, witherby, jourdain, norman ticehurst, bernard tucker
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...