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(London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1918). 315 x 253 mm. Full-colour plate extracted from the 3rd edition of this classic work: Plate 76 showing Black Guillemot, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, Greak Auk, Puffin, Brünnich's Guillemot and Little Auk. .

Paperback / softback. New.

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Paperback / softback. New.

Legare Street Press, 2021-09-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Legare Street Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Longmans, Green & Co., 1935. Book. Illus. by Thorburn, Archibald. Very Good. Hardcover. Vol. IV only. 154pp. Many colour plates. A few small tears and tanning to spine of jacket. .

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1950. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Hinges weak at the first blank of volume I. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the bindings of both. Overall a pleasant two volume set.. Archibald Thorburn. Hardback. Physically 6¾” x 4¾” (1.9 kg); (vii/viii) 412/402pp; In the Wayside & Woodland series; Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Includes: Deckled edges; Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Colour frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #104536|| Condition:

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1947. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. A touch faded at the spine of both, a decent two-volume set otherwise. . Archibald Thorburn. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### Hardback. Physically 6¾” x 4¾” (2 kg); (vii/viii) 412/402pp; Index; In the Wayside & Woodland series; Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; 6th edition, first published 1920. Includes: Deckled edges; Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Colour frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations.… Read More

London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. New Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 176p., 48 leaves of col. plates ; 23cm. Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.

Ornithology Illustrated . New. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1931-35. Four volume set with 192 colour plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. Neat dedication dated ‘Xmas 1940’ to ffep. of Vol. IV. Spotting to fore-edges of text block, only occ. internally, o/w. contents nr. fine. Original red cloth boards thor. vg. to nr. fine with sunning to spines of Vol. I and III.

London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. New Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Spine sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; v. : ill., plates (part col., part fold.) ports., fold. map ; 22 cm. Contents; Published in 4 vols. with supplement. Subjects; Birds Great Britain Periodicals. Birds ; Pictorial works. Birds British Isles ; Periodicals. Great Britain.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. Hardcovers - 4 volume set, in good condition. No jackets. Minor edgewear to the boards. Spines are notably tanned, and, to a lesser extent on parts of the boards. Light foxing on the page blocks and some pages. Tanning and foxing on the pastedowns and endpapers. Bookplates (foxed) are adhered on the pastedowns. The binding is sound, all text and images are clear. Beautifully illustrated throughout, colours are vivid and true. CM. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Thorburn, Archibald. Used.

London:: Longmans, Green and Co.,, 1918.. Third edition. Fine. A Fine Original Chromolithograph from Thorburn's British Birds, one of 500 sets produced. Quarto (10 x 12.25 inches, 254 x 311 mm.) Elegantly French-matted in custom made Ecru archival rag board with gold line decoration, sized to 16 x 19 inches, 406 x 482 mm, suitable for framing. Sizable in format, a finely detailed and richly colored chromolithograph, printed on a heavy coated stock, from one of Britain's finest and most influential ornithological painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Archibald Thorburn, (1860-1935). His unique style of portraying related species, actively engaged in their native habitat, became the desired format for generations of ornithological field guide artists to follow. Scottish-born, Thorburn was an astute naturalist with a keen sense of observation and a refined watercolor technique which he learned from his father, Robert Thorburn, ARA, miniaturist to Queen Victoria. As a young… Read More

London:: Longmans, Green and Co.,, 1918.. Third edition. Fine. A Fine Original Chromolithograph from Thorburn's British Birds, one of 500 sets produced. Quarto (10 x 12.25 inches, 254 x 311 mm.) Elegantly French-matted in custom made Ecru archival rag board with gold line decoration, sized to 16 x 19 inches, 406 x 482 mm, suitable for framing. Sizable in format, a finely detailed and richly colored chromolithograph, printed on a heavy coated stock, from one of Britain's finest and most influential ornithological painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Archibald Thorburn, (1860-1935). His unique style of portraying related species, actively engaged in their native habitat, became the desired format for generations of ornithological field guide artists to follow. Scottish-born, Thorburn was an astute naturalist with a keen sense of observation and a refined watercolor technique which he learned from his father, Robert Thorburn, ARA, miniaturist to Queen Victoria. As a young… Read More