Author: T. A. Coward; Richard South Title: The Birds of the British Isles: First and Second Series; the Moths of the British Isles: First Series; the Caterpillars of the British Butterflies; the Butterflies of the British Isles
Description: London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1933-61. Cloth. A collection of five volumes exploring the natural history of the British Isles, some later editions. A collection of five volumes from Frederick Warne's series exploring the natural history of the British Isles.The present group comprised of the following:Series one and two of The Birds of the British Isles by T. A. Coward, with studies of families Corvidae to Sulidae, and Anatidae to Tetraonidae; with four-hundred and fifty five illustrations in colour by Archibald Thorburn and others as well as further photographic plates in black and white by E. L. Turner and others over three-hundred and eighteen full page plates. The fifth and sixth editions. Collated, complete. The Butterflies of the British Isles by Richard South, with one-hundred and twenty-seven plates both in colour and in black and white. Collated, complete. A later printing of a new edition.The Moths of the British Isles by Richard South, first series with families Sphingidae to Noctuidae, with one hundred and fifty-nine full page plates both in colour and in black and white as well as further in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. A later printing of a new edition. The Caterpillars of the British Butterflies by Richard South, compiled by W. J. Stokoe, with thirty-two full page plates both in colour and in black and white from drawings by J. C. Dollman as well as further illustrations in text. Collated, complete. Third printing. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings in red and blue cloth. Externally smart with shelf wear, minor bumping to extremities of spine and boards, sunning to spine, particularly to volume concerning Moths. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. With plates both in colour and in black and white as well as illustrations in text. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thorburn; J. C. Dollman; et al. Very Good .
Keywords: british isles natural history later editions natural history Archibald Thorburn; J. C. Dollman; et al.
Price: GBP 175.00 = appr. US$ 249.90 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 821A6
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