The Birds Of the British Islands

London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. 1906-1911 published dates. Green half-leather and cloth boards, top edges gilt. Pastel coloured marbling to endpapers. Deckle edges foxed. All spines sunned to tan brown, some more so than others, some board corners also tanned. Extremities lightly rubbed/scuffed. Foxing present throughout all vols with some browning to tissue guards. Some hinges cracked, but all volumes… Read more about this item

London: E. Grant Richards, 1906-1911 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 13.5" by 11". Lilian M. Medland. The complete five volume first edition of Charles Stonham's guide to the native birds of Great Britain, illustrated throughout by Lilian M. Medland, and in smart half morocco bindings. Illustrated with 318 plates - complete with captioned tissue guard -  across… Read more about this item

Fine illustrated and antiquarian Ornithology . 1st. Ed. Pub. E. Grant Richards. 1906-1911. Five volume set with 318 fine engraved plates, two colour fold-out maps and two full-page anatomical woodcuts printed in red and black. With 9-page list of subscribers to rear of Vol. V. Large 4to. Hardback. TEG. Ex-Bolton. Lib. Overall contents exceptionally clean and nr. fine. Original… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards LTD, 1911. Spine and top edge heavily sunned, spine ends chipped with some minor loss. Light rubbings to boards. Gutters cracked, particularly front one. Bookplate to front pastedown, some foxing, the odd stain to edges, else contents clean and bright.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Medland, Lilian M.. Folio.