Author: T. A. Coward
Title: Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs
Description: London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1923. Cloth. Series one and two of this beautifully illustrated guide to British birds and their eggs. Two volumes of a three volume set. Series one is the fourth impression, August 1923. Series two is the second edition, 1923. Originally published February 1920. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty-nine plates to each volume, featuring four hundred and fifty-five colour images and one hundred and thirty-four black-and-white images. A charming pocket guide to British birds and their eggs from the popular "Wayside and Woodland" series, providing useful information on the history, habits, plumage, and domestic economy of birds of the British isles and their eggs. First series comprising families Corvidae to Sulidae; second series comprising families Anatidae to Tetraonidae. Written by Thomas Coward, an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer who wrote extensively on natural history and the local history of Cheshire. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife and watercolours, Richard Kearton, an English photographer remembered alongside his brother as a pioneer of nature photography, and others. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton. Very Good .
Keywords: Birds British Isles Eggs British Thorburn Kearton Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton
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Title: Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs
Description: London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1923. Cloth. Series one and two of this beautifully illustrated guide to British birds and their eggs. Two volumes of a three volume set. Series one is the fourth impression, August 1923. Series two is the second edition, 1923. Originally published February 1920. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty-nine plates to each volume, featuring four hundred and fifty-five colour images and one hundred and thirty-four black-and-white images. A charming pocket guide to British birds and their eggs from the popular "Wayside and Woodland" series, providing useful information on the history, habits, plumage, and domestic economy of birds of the British isles and their eggs. First series comprising families Corvidae to Sulidae; second series comprising families Anatidae to Tetraonidae. Written by Thomas Coward, an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer who wrote extensively on natural history and the local history of Cheshire. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife and watercolours, Richard Kearton, an English photographer remembered alongside his brother as a pioneer of nature photography, and others. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton. Very Good .
Keywords: Birds British Isles Eggs British Thorburn Kearton Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 870T70
- Book number: 870T70
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