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OUR BIRD FRIENDS - A BOOK FOR ALL BOYS AND GIRLS.**

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OUR BIRD FRIENDS - A BOOK FOR ALL BOYS AND GIRLS.**

by KEARTON. F.Z.S.**, RICHARD:

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  • Hardcover
Condition
VG./No dw/dj - as issued.
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UK,12mo HB,1st reprint.[First published November,1900,this edn is the first reprint,also November,1900.] VG. Handwritten ink familial gift presentation inscript+year date (1917) to top edge of the title page. Publisher's original,sharp-cornered sage-green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to front+spine/backstrip,front board also with an impressed gilt decoration of a pair of birds (a robin and a tit?) and truncated tree branch,rear board with a small impressed fleur-de-lys geometric design to it's centre,spine sunned along with a similar narrow horizontalband to top edges front+rear and also to the vertical length of both gutters' fold/crease; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Publisher's repetitive colophon illustrated endpapers with the front free endpaper torn out.Top edges slightly aged/toned,fore-edges brighter; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound text body virtually pristine - glossy paper so no foxing/spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo HB,1st reprint,viii-xvipp+2-215pp,and 8pp of ornithological and photography-related advertisements at rear of book,includes a Preface,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,6 chapters, profuse b/w photographs taken by Cherry Kearton,interspersed in the text and book,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w photographic card frntis with foxing to its reverse and missing an opaque tissue guard,title page,and a dedication.
Aimed at children,the book contains b/w photographic vignettes of the birds studied throughout with chapters on nests and eggs,how nestlings are fed and protected,the wonder of feathers and flight and bird calls and birdsong. Visually the exterior appearance is eacceptable for a book of it's age, over 100 years,and its nature, i.e. a children's book,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja983521
Title
OUR BIRD FRIENDS - A BOOK FOR ALL BOYS AND GIRLS.**
Author
KEARTON. F.Z.S.**, RICHARD:
Illustrator
illus with contemporary,ornithological b/w photographs.
Book Condition
Used - VG.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj - as issued.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,12mo HB,1st reprint.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED,November 1900.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,12mo HB,1st reprint.No ISBN.British Isles_birds_eggs_avifauna_ornithology_bird-watching.Bird Orders_Gaviiformes_Passeriformes.British ornithological literature.Bird protection_nature conservation.Books new.used,signed,rare.
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About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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