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British Ornithologists' Union, 1871. Hardcover. Good. . 11 color plates and 1 black and white plate. Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages lightly tanned with minor foxing.
British Birds: With Some Notes In Reference to Their Plumage. Vol. II (ONLY of Two Volume Set) by Wyatt, Claude W - 1899
by Wyatt, Claude W
British Birds: With Some Notes In Reference to Their Plumage. Vol. II (ONLY of Two Volume Set)
by Wyatt, Claude W
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London: William Wesley & Son, 1899. First Edition . Half Leather - Hardbound. Fair/No Dust Jacket. sm folio. Volume II ONLY of two volume set. Complete, with all 42 colored plates. Contemporary/original half leather binding, with pebbled cloth and five raised spine bands. Leather is rubbed and scuffed, though lettering on spine labels remains good. Contents are disbound, though complete and all laid in place. 42 lovely colored plates are collated and all accounted for. Occasional very light foxing, but for the most part plates are Very Good plus, to Near Fine. Slight aging. Due to weight, additional charges will apply for International shipping.
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- Publisher William Wesley & Son
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1899
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The Ibis (Magazine of the British Ornithologists' Union). Series 23, Volume I. 1871.
by Osbert Salvin; P.L. Sclater; Allan Hume; G.E. Shelley; Howard Saunders; J.H. Gurney; R.B. Sharpe; Claude W. Wyatt; et al
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A Monograph of the Hirundinidae or Family of Swallows. Vol. I-II
by Sharpe, R. Bowdler; Wyatt, Claude W
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London: Henry Sotheran, 1885-1894. 6, 103 hand-col plates, 26 partly hand-col maps, 15 double-page tables. . HB. 2 vols, large 4to (322x255mm), cont. red half morocco, gilt, raised bands to spine with gilt titles and gilt ruled decoration to compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing/scuffing to joints and corners. Occasional minor foxing. Original printed part wrappers bound in at rear of Vol. II. Fine set.Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Revd. Charles J.P. Darroch.. First edition. A fine monograph including all the 109 known species of swallows. Fine hand-coloured lithographic plates by Claude W. Wyatt, printed by Mintern Bros. Peter Tate (<i>A Century of Bird Books</i>, p. 20), states that the plates are 'very pleasing in that they depict in many cases a little scene connected with the area in which the species of swallow occurs.' Originally published in 20 parts.Fine Bird Books p. 107 (incorrectly calling for 104 plates); Mullens & Swann p. 529;…
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