A Collection on the Insects and Birds of the British Isles
Published by Frederick Warne and Co. 1936-1949, London, 1936
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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A smart collection of works on the caterpillars, dragonflies, and birds of the British Isles, with illustrations. Four volumes. A collection of beautifully illustrated works exploring the life cycle of insects and birds found in the British Isles. This set includes: The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies Including the Eggs, Chrysalids, and Food-Plants, 1944. Reprint, originally published earlier the same year. Based upon "The Butterflies of the British Isles" by Richard South. Illustrated with three hundred and forty-eight images, sixty-eight of which are in full colour. Some in-text with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Compiled by William John Stokoe, an English naturalist and writer. Illustrated by John Charles Dollman, an English painter and illustrator. The Dragonflies of the British Isles, 1949. Second edition, enlarged, originally published in 1937. With a descriptive history of all the British species. Illustrated with fifty-eight plates, sixteen of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Cynthia Longfield, an Anglo-Irish entomologist and explorer who was the first women confirmed as a member of the Entomological Society. Illustrated by William Frederick Evans, an English entomologist, and C. O. Hammond, a British illustrator. The Birds of the British Isles, Series II and III Series II - The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, 1936. Sixth edition, originally published 1920. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty-nine plates, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. Series III - Migration and Habits With Observations on Rarer Visitants, 1940. Third edition, originally published 1926. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven plates, sixty-eight of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Thomas Alfred Coward, an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife watercolours. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and minor chipping resulting in light loss to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and spotting to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light spotting and age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers of The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies. Very Good.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Collection on the Insects and Birds of the British Isles
- Author
- W. J. Stokoe; Cynthia Longfield; T. A. Coward
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co. 1936-1949, London
- Publication year
- 1936
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- J. C. Dollman; W. F. Evans; C. O. Hammond; Archibald Thorburn
- Item weight
- 2 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 7" by 5"
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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