Observer's book of British birds by Benson, S Vere - 1952

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 223 pages. No dust jacket. 846.1150. Brown cloth with black lettering. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and board edges, with foxing, staining and marking to boards.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne and Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Black and white and colour illustrated plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No edition remarks. 224 pages. Dust jacket over orange cloth. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild tanning to surfaces. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Frederick Warne and Co.Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. New Edition. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Ring mark to front board.

Adam and Charles Black: London, 1905. Hard. Fair ++. 8vo,81/4. Lavishly illustrated with wonderful photographs.. Fair++. Lacking dust jacket. Faded cloth boards, edges and corners lightly rubbed. General wear, damp -staining and marking on covers. Page browning internally. Lightly foxed to extremities. Uncut page edges. 224pp.

Frederick Warne & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. 223 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Lovely edition with 100 full-colour illustrations plus 100 black and white drawings with a printing number of 537.1146 - our belief is that this is the 1946 or 1947 reprint. Bound in tan cloth boards in used condition - very minor bumping to corners and spine. Pages are in excellent clean and bright condition with delightful illustrations.