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Our Native Songsters
by Anne Pratt
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Anne Pratt. A beautifully illustrated work on British birds, with hand coloured plates. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and seventy-two hand coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming work describing the many birds of the British Isles, with details of their characteristics and songs. Includes chapters on: the thrush, the blackbird, the wren, the sedge warbler, the yellow wagtail, the redbreast, larks, sparrows, and much more. Written and illustrated by Anne Pratt, an English botanical and ornithological illustrator and author. In the original green cloth binding with amateur rebacking to the spine and board edges. 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 spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Ink mark to the title page. The odd small closed tear to the page edges. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 879T8
- Title
- Our Native Songsters
- Author
- Anne Pratt
- Illustrator
- Anne Pratt
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 5.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- Native Songsters Pratt Songsters
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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