Finn, Frank (1868-1932). Robinson, E. Kay (Edward Kay) (1857-1928)

Birds of our country : their eggs, nests, life, haunts and identification - Complete in 2 volumes

London : Hutchinson 1922. First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes. 480 p. ; 960 p. plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Subjects: Birds. Great Britain ; Identification. Ornithology. Great Britain.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 284045

Finn, Frank (1868-1932); Robinson, E. Kay (Edward Kay) (1857-1928)

Birds of our country: their eggs, nests, life, haunts and identification/ In 2 Volumes

London: Hutchinson 1922-1923. First Edition. Good copy bound in contemporary leather. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine. with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Minor browning to the pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes. plates: illustrations (some color); 28 cm. Subjects: Birds. Birds Great Britain; Identification. Genre: Illustrated.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 318259

Frank Finn; E. Kay Robinson

Birds of Our Country

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1922-1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of first editions of this work presenting British birds, with charming colour illustrations throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding. Complete in two volumes.Dates using Jisc, from copies of the work held at the National Trust Library. Written by ornithologist Frank Finn and British journalist, Edward Kay Robinson, who founded the British Empire Naturalists' Association. This work presents the birds of our country in alphabetical order, including their eggs, nests, life, haunts and identification. With the most up-to-date knowledge available at the time of publishing. Profusely illustrated, with thirty-eight coloured plates and two frontispieces, collated, complete. With around eight hundred other illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. Light offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 880Q8

Catalogue: Ornithology

Keywords: Birds Ornithology illustrated first edition Ornithology Not Stated