Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield.

BINDING
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and borders.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards are generally worn, discoloured and scuffed at edges. Spine is very faded and creased. Binding feels secure. Foxing throughout, particularly affecting the outer leaves, title page and frontispiece. Many plates are foxed, but colours remain bright.

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
1896.

DESCRIPTION
A comprehensive guide to the eggs of British birds, as recorded in the late 1800's. Edited after the authors death by R. Bowlder Sharpe. Frontispiece portrait, and illustrated with 59 coloured plates accompanied by descriptive notes. 304 pp plus plates. 19 x 26cm.