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AbeBooks Seller since 26 January 1999
Hardback, 8vo green cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, xvi prelims, 339pp. plus advertisments, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Illustrations by Bryan Hook, A.D. R.B. Lodge, Good +/NoWrapper. Spine and boards bumped and worn, notably at ends of spine. Block darkened by age, edges grubby from handling but no marks. Binding thread visible in places but still tight overall. An intriguing illustrated account of London birdlife at the end of the 19th century, of interest both to the ornithologist and the student of London. Catalogue: Natural History. Keywords: Birds, London, Heath, Common This book may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website in order to ensure that it is fully covered for an appropriate amount of compensation in the event of loss in the post. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction. Seller Inventory # 2546
Title: Birds in London
Publisher: London Longmans Green
Publication Date: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 1st printing. 1898. Olive green cloth boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt tiling to spine. Top page edges gilt.Lighht bumping to bottom edge of spine and a little wear to top edge. Black endpapers with bookplate of F. Bethune Morgan to PDEP.Frontipiece tissue has foxing as do title page and the first two pages of Preface. There are very occasional fox spots occurring in the text, which is firmly bound, and generally very clean and bright. Illustrations are handpainted b&w by B. Hook and A D McCormick and photographs by RB Lodge. Last pages list other publications by Longmans Green and Co. Seller Inventory # 005787
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