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London & Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1920 1st,. 2 vols.; Hardback, Tall 8vo. 10 x 7 inches. Half-bound in Brown buckram spine, and green cloth covers with gilt vignettes to fronts, gilt lettering to spines. Top edges olivine. In very good conditions. Some minor rubbing on edges, corners a little bumped & very lightly soiled. Endpapers lightly browned. Some minor foxing spots to outer page edges. Inside pages, and plates all clean and tight throughout. Illustrated with 22 colour plates by H. Gronvold. 244pp & 240pp.

New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., 1920. U.S. Edition Limited to 1500 Copies . Hardcover. Vg+/No Jacket. H. Gronvold. 2 Volumes in tan and green cloth. 244 & 240 pgs. 22 brightly coloured plates. Gently used volumes with age toned endpapers and owners name to the first blank pages. Packaged weight will be over 2 kg and additional shipping charges will be required.

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons LTD; Letchworth England: The Temple Press, 1920. Hardcover in dj. 2 vol. Sm. 4to (10" x 7.5"), half tan buckram, green cloth, gilt upper covers, deckled fore-edges. Vol. 1: Color frontis., xvii, 244 pp., 11 color plates; Vol. 2: Color frontis., ix, 240 pp., 11 color plates. CONDITION: Very good, covers with some spotting, offsetting from dj at front and back free endpapers and pastedowns; good jackets, worn at extremities, 2" tear to both jacket heads, jacket of vol. 1 with tear at foot, some loss to text of outer panel. First edition. Colophon states "there have been printed of this Edition 1500 Copies for England and 1500 Copies for United States of America, also a large Paper Edition of 200 Copies, and the type then distributed.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1920. First trade edition, one of 3000 copies. Inked name and date to each front free endpaper, spines slightly darkened, overall near fine to fine.. Two toned cloth, no dust jackets.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1920. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. H. Gronvold. Green cloth, with quarter gray cloth, front cover has gilt illustration, spine has gilt lettering and illustration, dust jackets are unclipped, wear to top and bottom of spine. Vol. 2 has a closed tear and some wrinkling at top front. Some discoloration to endpapers. Vol. 2 has foxing to front flyleaf. Book plate pasted on both volumes' front endpapers with a name and a Latin phrase, "vita sine litteris mors este" (life without learning is death). Limited edition 1500 copies for England, 1500 for U.S. and large paper edition of 200 copies. Each volume has 22 color plates. Volume 1: v-xvii, 244 pp., two untrimmed pages, one in introduction and one in table of contents. Vol 2: v-ix, 240 pp. Laid in page ripped from Blackwell's Rare Book Catologue (1970) with listing of British edition of this book and price of 125 pounds.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1920. First U.S. edition.. A fine copy in fine dust jackets in a rubbed slipcase.. Pp. xvii, 244; ix, 240; 22 fine color plates by H. Gronvold. Publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt decoration on the front cover, original tan dust jackets lettered in dark brown on the spine and front cover, housed in the original green cloth-covered slipcase with printed label on the front cover, sm 4to (9 3/4 x 7 inches). The U.S. edition was limited to 1500 copies. Signature of August Derleth, Wisconsin author and founder of Arkham House Publishing in Sauk City, WI, on the front endpaper.

London: J.M. Dent, 1920. Book. Illus. by Gronvold, H.. Very Good. Buckram. Yes. For 2 volumes. PO inscription. Vol. 1 lacking 2 prints (of the "Many-coloured Kinglet" and the "Red Oven-bird"); vol. 2 complete. In all, 21 of 23 illustrations. This is the larger edition (limited to 200), signed by the author. With a double of the print of the "Red-backed Rock Martin" laid in. Deckled edges, fine paper and printing, tissue guards for tipped-in illustrations. Corners blunted. Small splash (?) to front cover, vol. 1, else VG indeed..