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Published by London Harmsworth 1910, 1910
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First edition bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Note on fep helpfully states that the set was rebound in 1959, thus binding is in very good condition. However volume II has water damage with a small stain to the spine and rippling to the back board which is slightly bent. Pages are age tanned but clean. 'With thousands of photographs from Life, and an unrivalled series of colour plates'. Please enquire about postage as this set is heavy. 4to.
Published by London: Frederick Warne & Co n d
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
First Edition
First edition. With Fifty Studies in Full Colour Reproduced From The Original Paintings. viii, 105 pp. Animals featured include beautiful studies of Lion, Manchurian Tiger, Seal, Elk, Capercaille, Squirrel, Roe Deer, Reindeer, Defassa Waterbuck, Hare, Polar Bear, Mandrill, Wolf, Wild Cat, Red Kangaroo, Blue Roller, Bittern, Kafir Crowned Crane, Silver Gull, Great Horned Owl, Flamingo, Nile Crocodile, White-Handed Gibbon, Abyssinian Green Money, Fox, Brown Bear, Pine Marten, Leopard, Lynx, Indian Rhinceros, Bison, Gazelle, Mouflon, Red Deer, Beaver, Marmot, Hamster, Duckbill Platypus, Echidna, Black San, Bustard, Somali Ostrich, Pied Hornbill, Blue Macaw, Mandarin Duck, Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Senegal Parrot, Goldfinch, Razorbill. Each plate accompanied by several pages of text in relation to that species. Some spots of foxing on prelims and on pages of text but plates clean. Binding tight. Bound in original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Vignette of lion in brown on front board and vignette of waterbuck in gilt on spine. Cloth torn a little at top front edge of spine. Overall condition VG. In Good illustrated dust wrapper - piece missing from top of spine. 11.5 x 14.5 inches.