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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