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Lloyds Natural History: A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain
R. Bowdler Sharpe
1896-1897
Edward Lloyd, Limited : London
7.5" by 5"
xi, 340; xi, 308; xvii, 314; xii, 338pp
SUMMARY
A vibrantly illustrated guide to the birds of Great Britain, written by English zoologist and ornithologist R. Bowdler Sharpe.
Colour Plates,Early Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
An early edition, complete here in four volumes for the Lloyds Natural History series.
First published from 1894-1897 for Allens Naturalists Library.
Uniformly bound in the publishers original cloth.
Illustrated with an array of coloured plates, including thirty-one to volume I; twenty-seven to volume II; thirty-five to volume III, and thirty-one to volume IV. With numerous in-text figures.
Collated, complete.
A charming ornithological study of the birds of Great Britain, including each species characteristics, habitats and behaviours.
Including woodpeckers, eagles, crows, grebes, doves and many more species.
Written by English zoologist and ornithologist, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, who worked as a curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history.
With systematic indices to the beginning of each volume.
CONDITION
In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a few scattered spots to the endpapers only.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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