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London: Henry G. Bohn,, 1841. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original dark green cloth with gilt spine titles and illustration. A worn and used copy with splitting to upper spine hinge, spine cracked with a few loose pages, otherwise a good copy but complete and with all plates as called for.

London: Henry G Bohn, 1841. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo (13 X 21cm). Vol I: pp. xxiv, 379; hand-coloured title-page vignette; 10 hand-coloured plates most with tissue guards; plus in-text drawings. Vol. II: pp. 39; hand-coloured title page vignette, 9 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards and in-text drawings. Original brown cloth with gilt to the spine, rather worn and faded, corners bumped, top and bottom of spines creaed and a little frayed,fair only. Contents good, a few gatherings loose or detached, original end papers, bookplates from the library of Eric Hosking to the front pastedowns, signature of Charles Cotton to both volumes. A very good association copy . [Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography… Read More

London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copies bound in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Wear and tear to the spines (with some minor loss), along with minor signs of dust dulling to the extremities. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v., plates ; 8vo. Notes; Engraved title pages with original colour plates. Subjects; Ornithology. Birds of Britian. 19th cenutury studies.

London,1841,Ryggklotband ,Tredje upplagan.,Utgiven av Henry G. Bohn,York volym 1: (xxiv), 379 s. rikt illustrerad med flertalet tryck av fåglar. volym 2: (2), 391 s. rikt illustrerad med flertalet tryck av fåglar.,volym 1, en fläck genom sidorna 100-107. Bindningen lös från insida. Omslag kantstött och skavt, också stundtals fuktskadat. Gulnad inlaga.volym 2: Reva på sida 390-391. Omslag kantstött och skavt. Omslag även stundtals fuktskadat. Gulnad inlaga,Gott skick.,

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841. Third edition, 1841. Rebound in half red morocco. Top edge gilt and silk page markers. Hardback. 8vo. Vol. I: xxiv, 379pp; Vol. II: 391pp. Each volume has a colour frontispiece and a colour vignette to the title page (no tissue guards). Volume I has 8 further full colour plates (all with tissue guards) and 7 black & white illustrations. Volume II has 9 full colour plates (all with tissue guards) and 5 black & white illustrations. The colour plates are hand coloured and most show 2 or 3 different birds. The list of plates for both volumes appears in Volume I and all listed plates are present. Both volumes are in very good condition. The modern half red morocco is very attractive and is finished with gilt tooling to the spines which have six compartments. Both volumes also have new endpapers. Internally, the text blocks are clean and bright and the colour plates vibrant. A very nice set.