Monday, July 25, 2011

1907 BIRDS OF BRITAIN BY J. LEWIS BONHOTE ~ BINDING DESIGNED BY A. A. TURBAYNE



1907 BIRDS OF BRITAIN

BY J. LEWIS BONHOTE

WITH 100 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR SELECTED BY H. E. DRESSER FROM HIS 'BIRDS OF EUROPE'

*** RARE FIRST EDITION ~ STUNNING BINDING DESIGNED BY A. A. TURBAYNE ~ 100 COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC ORNITHOLOGY ***

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907.

• First Edition Black's Colour Books series (title page and copyright dates match - no additional printings listed
• measures about 9'' x 6.75''
• stunning decorative orange cloth fine binding designed by A. A. Turbayne (and signed with his cipher)
• ornate embossed gilt, black, and color stamping
• textblock top edge gilt
• 100 exquisite full-page color plates, including frontispiece, each with captioned tissue-guard

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