British Birds Original publisher's red cloth with gilt border lining on front and gilt title on spines. - 1916

Thorburn, Archibald British Birds; 2nd edition; Complete 4 volume set; including supplementary part(1918), with two plates in colour London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916., 4to, 80 plates in colour, original publisher's red cloth with gilt border lining on front and gilt title on spines.Condition; Some slight fading, rubbing and very slight soiling to covers, a little internal occasional spotting and age toning to blanc endpapers. All colour plates and frontispieces are tissue guarded.Size of the books: 32.5 x 26.5 x c.4cm each (matching set). 8.8KG.With supplementary part, containing two tissue guarded plates in colour, in original brown thick paper boards. Comes also with; several inlays from former owner clippings from 1919 land & water.Volume 1: 143pp, plates 1 - 20 incl frontispiece, several clippings added. Volume 2: 71pp, plates 21 - 40 incl frontiespiece, several clippings added.Volume 3: 87pp, plates 41 - 60 incl frontispiece, several clippings added.Volume 4: 107pp, plates 61 - 80 incl frontispiece, overall index, several clippings added.supplementary part: 1918; 11pp, 2 tissue guarded colour plates.Ref,; Wood, 597, Fine Bird Books, 146, Dance, 135-146.Keywords; Thornburn, British Birds, Ornithology