Author: David Armitage Bannerman
Title: The Birds of the British Isles
Description: Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of Bannerman's work on birds of the british isles, in twelve volumes. The first edition, first impression of each volume, published between 1953 and 1963. In the publisher's original, uniform green cloth binding. Nine volumes in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Volume one, four and five lacking the dust wrapper.Twelve volumes. Illustrated with forty-one coloured plates to volume I; forty-one coloured plates to volume II; fifty one coloured plates to volume III; twenty-nine to volume IV; twenty-six to volume VI; twenty-seven to volume VII; twenty-six to volume VIII; twenty-six to volume IX; twenty-three to volume X; thirty-two to volume XI; thirty-one to volume XII. With each plate retaining the original captioned tissue guard. Volume V lacking plates 1, 8, 10, 12, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32. A wonderful, alphabetically arranged study of British birds by renowned ornithologist David Bannerman, the Curator of the British Museum of Natural History from 1919 to 1952. Bannerman provides species identification, distribution, migration, and breeding behaviours of each species discussed. For this work, artist George E. Lodge painted three-hundred and seventy-seven images depicting four-hundred and thirty-five species. In the publisher's original, green cloth binding. Nine volumes in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Volume one, four and five lacking the dust wrapper. Externally, very smart to most volumes. Light bumping to the extremities and the occasional mark to boards. Damp staining to boards of volume V and to the front board of volume III. Occasional slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrappers are very smart, with light edge wear and the odd tear. A touch of sunning to the wraps, mainly to the spine. The odd mark to the wraps, with light spotting to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Ink annotations to volume I, page 34-36. Label to title page of volume V. Volume V lacking plates 1, 8, 10, 12, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: George E. Lodge. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Ornithology birds first edition illustrated birds david armitage bannerman george e lodge George E. Lodge
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Title: The Birds of the British Isles
Description: Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of Bannerman's work on birds of the british isles, in twelve volumes. The first edition, first impression of each volume, published between 1953 and 1963. In the publisher's original, uniform green cloth binding. Nine volumes in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Volume one, four and five lacking the dust wrapper.Twelve volumes. Illustrated with forty-one coloured plates to volume I; forty-one coloured plates to volume II; fifty one coloured plates to volume III; twenty-nine to volume IV; twenty-six to volume VI; twenty-seven to volume VII; twenty-six to volume VIII; twenty-six to volume IX; twenty-three to volume X; thirty-two to volume XI; thirty-one to volume XII. With each plate retaining the original captioned tissue guard. Volume V lacking plates 1, 8, 10, 12, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32. A wonderful, alphabetically arranged study of British birds by renowned ornithologist David Bannerman, the Curator of the British Museum of Natural History from 1919 to 1952. Bannerman provides species identification, distribution, migration, and breeding behaviours of each species discussed. For this work, artist George E. Lodge painted three-hundred and seventy-seven images depicting four-hundred and thirty-five species. In the publisher's original, green cloth binding. Nine volumes in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Volume one, four and five lacking the dust wrapper. Externally, very smart to most volumes. Light bumping to the extremities and the occasional mark to boards. Damp staining to boards of volume V and to the front board of volume III. Occasional slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrappers are very smart, with light edge wear and the odd tear. A touch of sunning to the wraps, mainly to the spine. The odd mark to the wraps, with light spotting to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Ink annotations to volume I, page 34-36. Label to title page of volume V. Volume V lacking plates 1, 8, 10, 12, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: George E. Lodge. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Ornithology birds first edition illustrated birds david armitage bannerman george e lodge George E. Lodge
Price: GBP 190.00 = appr. US$ 271.32 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 879Q25
- Book number: 879Q25
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