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London: Groombridge and Sons, 1900. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition - Volume II. No publication date stated (not 1900). The boards and spine are edgeworn with minor marks; bumps and fraying to the edges, corners and spine ends. The spine is cocked. Small sticker on front pastedown. Tanning and foxing on the pages throughout plus some creases and nicked edges at various points. The plate beween pages 24 and 25 is detached from the binding; the binding is weak at a few points. Notes written in fountain pen on p.114 and reverse of the plate opposite. All plates and content are present, and despite some minor blemishes within, text and drawings are clear. Beautifully illustrated within, colours are vivid and true. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1900. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition - Volume III. No publication date stated (not 1900). The boards and spine are edgeworn with minor marks; bumps and fraying to the edges, corners and spine ends. The spine is cocked. Small sticker on front pastedown. Tanning and foxing on the pages throughout plus some creases and nicked edges at various points; the opening page corners are marked. The binding is weak at a few points. Notes written in fountain pen on the reverse of BEP. All plates remain present and the text / drawings are clear. Beautifully illustrated, colours remain vivid and true. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1900. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition - Volume I. No publication date stated (not 1900). The boards and spine are edgeworn with minor marks; bumps and fraying to the edges, corners and spine ends. The spine is cocked. Tanning and foxing on the pages throughout plus some creases and nicked edges at various points. Hinge break and gutter breaks have caused a small selection of the pages to become detached from the binding, however, all content is present (43 plates), and the text and drawings are clear. Beautifully illustrated within, colours vivid and true. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1900. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition - volume V. No publication date stated (not 1900). The boards and spine are edgeworn with minor marks; bumps and fraying to the edges, corners and spine ends. The spine is cocked. Small sticker on front pastedown. Tanning and foxing on the pages throughout plus some creases and nicked edges at various points. The binding is weak at a few points, however, all plates and content remain present and the text and drawings are clear. Occasional discreet marginalia noted. Beautifully illustrated, colours are vivid and true. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1896. xix, [1], 177, [3]; viii, 155; x, xi, [1], 207, 248 col plates. . HB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, gilt, minor wear to extremities; som scattered foxing. Vg set.. Fourth edition, revised and corrected by W.B. Tegetmeier. (Plates numbered I-CCXXXII, XVII*, XXVII*, XXXVII*, LVII*, LXXVII*, LXXXIV*, CXIII*, CXVII*, CXX*, CXLI*, CLV*, CLXXV*, CLXXXV*, CXCI*, CXCII*, CCXXII*)..

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1853-1856. Hardcover. Fair.. 4to.. Plainly bound in brown buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Edges are bumped and the boards are lightly stained. Yellow endpapers. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Beautiful coloured engravings, which are in remarkably good condition. Water damage to Volume 2 and rear of volume 3. Tissue guards. 4to. Please enquire about postage as this set is heavy. NB this is a uniform binding with Morris's other great works: A History of British Butterflies (1 volume) and A History of British Birds (6 volumes) which we have in stock. 1853

London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. viii, 164; iv, 164; iv, 171, [1] + 8-Ads, 233 col plates. . HB. 3 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. green cloth, central gilt vignette in blind-stamped, decorative borders to fromt boards, ornate gilt decoration to spines. Only very minor rubbing/wear to extremities; light spotting to edges of text blocks only. An exceptionally fine, bright set.. Second edition. Plates numbered I-CCXXXII (+ XVII*). Printed by B. Fawcett, Driffield. Publisher's advertisements, dated March 1875, at rear of Vol. III.Nissen IVB, 646; Mullens & Swann, p. 418..

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-1857. iv, 364; iv, 360; iv, 391; iv, 330; iv, 315; iv, 290, 358 hand-col plates. . HB. 6 vols, roy. 8vo, cont. half calf, raised bands to spines, gilt tooling to compartments, lightly rubbed, leather title pieces, marbled endpapers and edges. Some minor wear/chipping to head/foot of a few spines. Foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, elswhere, scattered foxing, mostly light. Very good, attactive set.. First edition. This popular work on British Birds went through several editions. Includes many figures of British birds, for which the wood-blocks were engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett, Driffield. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a clergyman and naturalist. He was a prolific writer on natural history subjects.Mullen & Swann, p 417; Freeman 2670; Nissen IVB, 645..

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1853-1856. Hardcover. Good.. A complete set of F O Morris's works, uniformly bound. Plainly bound in brown buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Edges are bumped and the boards are lightly stained. Yellow endpapers. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Beautiful coloured engravings, which are in remarkably good condition. 4to A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (3 volume set): Water damage to Volume 2 and rear of volume 3. Tissue guards. A History of British Birds (6 volumes) : Loose pages in some volumes but all present. Volumes 1 and 2 have split shoulders. Volume 6 has water damage and the binding is bowed. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. Superb coloured engravings, which are in remarkably good condition. Previous owner's pencilled signature on title page of Vol 1 (Dowager Lady ?). Although the condition of the bindings is only fair, this is a fine set. A History of British Butterflies (1 volume) A rare… Read More

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1857-1864. , 358 + 225 col plates. . HB. 9 vols, roy. 8vo, uniformally and finely bound in cont. full calf by J.O. Sandford, Shrewsbury, double-ruled gilt borders, spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments and leather title pieces, marbled endpapers and edges. A few minor scuff marks. A fine clean set.. First edition, mixed early reissues (except for Vol. VI (Birds), which is the first issue of 1857). Reissues commenced before completion of the first edition. Early issues are much superior in colouring to the later editions. Plates are finely hand-coloured, or partly colour printed (eggs). These popular works on British Birds (6 vols), and their Nests and Eggs (3 vols) each went through several editions. The wood-blocks for the plates were engraved and printed by Benjamin Fawcett, Driffield. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893) was a clergyman and naturalist. He was a prolific writer on natural history subjects.Mullen & Swann, p 417; Freeman 2670, 2673;… Read More