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Longmans, Green, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine three volume set. Edition limited to 1,125 sets of which this is Number 908. TREG. Profusely illustrated with 18 photogravures by the author, 31 ccoloured plates by the author, Archibald Thorburn, and G.E. Lodge and 63 uncoloured plates by the author from photographs.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1904. First Edition. Vol. I numbered 616 of 1025 copies printed, vol. II #615, and vol. III #627. Square folio (36cm). Blue cloth, backed in black linen, titled in gilt on fronts and spines, top edges gilt; plain endpapers; vol. I: xx,365pp; vol. II: [xii],299pp; vol. III: xii,384pp; with 62 photogravures, 62 color plates, and 149 uncolored halftone plates, complete. Bookplates of noted zoologist James G. Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution. A straight and sound set, cloth rubbed; generally clean and bright, though with occasional dampstains to upper margins of a few leaves, not affecting images: Very Good. John Guille Millais (1865-1931), son of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, was a wildlife artist known for the exactness of his illustrations. This work features detailed illustrations of an enormous range of mammals, from dormice to whales. (Millais in fact spent time with an Atlantic whaling fleet studying the… Read More

LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, 1904. BUCKRAM/ CLOTH. VERY GOOD. . FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 1025 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 726. THREE VOLUMES FOLIO BLUE CLOTH BUCKRAM SPINES T.E.G. WITH 18 PHOTOGRAVURES BY THE AUTHOR 62 COLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ARCHIBALD THORBURN AND G E LODGE AND MANY UNCOLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. SOME SCRATCHES TO THE CLOTH BUT A VERY GOOD CLEAN SET. VERY HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.