1883 · London
by Walter Swaysland; Archibald Thorburn [illus.]
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. Very Good +. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. Four volume set consisting of First, Second, Third, and Fourth series. Date of 1883 to title page of first volume and remaining volumes presumably later and lacking dates. Octavos. 160 color lithograph plates including frontispieces, complete. Bound in uniform brown quarter morocco over marbled boards; lettered and ruled in gilt; five raised bands to spine; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers.
Mild edgewear to boards; light scuffing. Binding sound and pages toned but unmarked. A handsome, Very Good or better set with brief essays on 144 birds, each accompanied by a beautiful color plate. Small essay on eggs and egg-collecting to the rear of each volume. OCLC notes Thorburn "and others" as the illustrators. (Inventory #: 31310)
Mild edgewear to boards; light scuffing. Binding sound and pages toned but unmarked. A handsome, Very Good or better set with brief essays on 144 birds, each accompanied by a beautiful color plate. Small essay on eggs and egg-collecting to the rear of each volume. OCLC notes Thorburn "and others" as the illustrators. (Inventory #: 31310)
