Author: T. A. Coward; A. W. Boyd [ed.]
Title: The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, Migration and Habits: Series I-III
Description: London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1950. Cloth. The complete three volume set of Thomas Coward's guides to British birds and their eggs in the popular 'Wayside and Woodland' series. The complete three volume set of this work in the publisher's original pebbled cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards. Illustrated to the Series I volume with 252 colour illustrations, to the Series II volume with 203 colour illustrations, and to the Series III volume with 68 colour illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and others, reproduced from Lord Lilford's work, "Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands". Illustrated to the Series I volume with 73 photographs by Richard Kearton and others; to the Series II volume with 66 photographs by E. L. Turner, Richard Kearton and others; and to the Series III volume with 68 photographs. Collated, complete. The seventh edition of the first series, comprising families corvidae to phoenicopteridae; the eighth edition of the second series, comprising families anatidae to phasianidae; and the fourth edition of the third series, comprising information on birds' migration and habits, with observations on our rarer visitors. These volumes contain useful information on the history, habits, plumage, and domestic economy of birds of the British isles and their eggs, written by British ornithologist Thomas Coward (1867-1933) and illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original pebbled cloth binding. Externally cloth is fairly smart with faint marks to the boards and minor shelf wear to the extremities. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton; E. L. Turner; et al. Very Good .

Keywords: Birds Ornithology British wildlife Natural history Ornithology Archibald Thorburn; Richard Kearton; E. L. Turner; et al.


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