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A History of British Birds [with] British Game Birds and Wildfowl.
An attractive set of these two ornithological classics, the fourth and fifth edition, respectively, in the decorative publisher's bindings and with hand-coloured plates.
Fourth edition of British Birds, fifth edition of Game Birds; 8 vols, 4to; hand-coloured frontispiece and 454 plates, contemporary bookplate of Thomas Aitken and pencilled gift inscriptions dated 1926, occasional light spotting to contents and more heavily to edges of the text blocks; original brown cloth blocked in gilt with birds designs to the upper boards, brown coated endpapers, spines rolled, some wear at the extremities, primarily the spine ends, a very good set.
Fourth edition of British Birds, fifth edition of Game Birds; 8 vols, 4to; hand-coloured frontispiece and 454 plates, contemporary bookplate of Thomas Aitken and pencilled gift inscriptions dated 1926, occasional light spotting to contents and more heavily to edges of the text blocks; original brown cloth blocked in gilt with birds designs to the upper boards, brown coated endpapers, spines rolled, some wear at the extremities, primarily the spine ends, a very good set.
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An attractive set of these two ornithological classics, the fourth and fifth edition, respectively, in the decorative publisher's bindings and with hand-coloured plates.
Fourth edition of British Birds, fifth edition of Game Birds; 8 vols, 4to; hand-coloured frontispiece and 454 plates, contemporary bookplate of Thomas Aitken and pencilled gift inscriptions dated 1926, occasional light spotting to contents and more heavily to edges of the text blocks; original brown cloth blocked in gilt with birds designs to the upper boards, brown coated endpapers, spines rolled, some wear at the extremities, primarily the spine ends, a very good set.
Fourth edition of British Birds, fifth edition of Game Birds; 8 vols, 4to; hand-coloured frontispiece and 454 plates, contemporary bookplate of Thomas Aitken and pencilled gift inscriptions dated 1926, occasional light spotting to contents and more heavily to edges of the text blocks; original brown cloth blocked in gilt with birds designs to the upper boards, brown coated endpapers, spines rolled, some wear at the extremities, primarily the spine ends, a very good set.
