British Birds

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915-1916. First trade edition. Very Good, with library markings as described.. 4 volumes, 33 cm. 80 color plates with tissue guards. 1 leaf publisher's ads laid in. In original red cloth, spines somewhat darkened and scuffed. Top edge gilt. Ex-library, with shelf marks in manuscript on spines and library bookplate… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1918. Mixed edition. Titles in red and black, 82 colored plates after Thorburn. Contemporary red cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt; despite some fading on the binding, plates are very clean. A nice and crisp copy from the Library of James Dolan Jr., curator of the San Diego Zoological Society. First edition of Volume… Read more about this item

London: Longmans Green & Co. 1931 - 1935, New Edition. Four volumes, octavo, illustrated with 192 colour plates, some intermittent foxing internally but nowhere too offensive, pages slightly age-toned, each front endpaper has a name neatly cut from the upper corner, and all endpapers have slight sellotape residue markings; red cloth in very good condition with extremely bright gilt… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1925-1931 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Archibald Thorburn. A bright set of Archibald Thornburn's beautifully illustrated and described study of the birds of Great Britain, illustrated with one-hundred and ninety-six vibrant plates across four volumes. A complete four volume set of the re-set 'New Edition' of Scottish artist Archibald Thorburn's… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green & Co, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Archibald Thorburn (illustrator). A complete set of the new edition of Thorburn's illustrated ornithological study of British birds. Four volumes. New edition. Volumes one and two were published in 1925, while volumes three and four were published in 1926.… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1925. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Archibald Thorburn. A complete set of the new edition of Thorburn's illustrated ornithological study of British birds. Four volumes. New edition. Volumes one and two were published in 1925, while volumes three and four were published in 1926. The first… Read more about this item

London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. New Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 176p., 48 leaves of col. plates ; 23cm. Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915-1916. viii, 142; vi, 72; vi, 86; viii, 115, 80 col plates. . HB. 4 vols, 4to, orig. cloth, gt, teg, spines rubbed with some fading/light staining, small splash mark to one cover. Some limited foxing to one half-title and verso of one frontispiece, occasional light foxing to text. Plates clean. Very good set..… Read more about this item

London, Longnan Green and Co, 1915-1923 . Limited editions; 8 vols; large 4to ( 40 x 33 cm) British Birds, (4 vols) numbered 63/105 with 82 plates (including the rare supplement containing 2 extra plates numbered 80a and b, bound in to the rear of volume 4), ; A Naturalists Sketch Book, numbered 66/105 with 24 colour… Read more about this item

(London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1918). 315 x 253 mm. Full-colour plate extracted from the 3rd edition of this classic work: Plate 76 showing Black Guillemot, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, Greak Auk, Puffin, Brünnich's Guillemot and Little Auk. .

LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, 1916. HARDBACK. VERY GOOD. . FOUR VOLUMES. VOLS. 1 AND 2 ARE SECOND EDITIONS VOLS. 3 AND 4 ARE FIRST EDITIONS ALL DATED 1916. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH LARGE QUARTO WITH 80 COLOUR PLATES SHOWING OVER 400 SPECIES. T.E.G. FADING TO THE SPINES AS USUAL AND SOME TO THE BOARDS BUT A VERY GOOD… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1925-1926. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Archibald Thorburn. A smart new edition of Archibald Thorburn's brightly illustrated ornithological study of British birds, with the scarce original dust wrappers. Complete in four volumes. New edition. Volumes one and two were published… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925-1926. xii, 176; ix, 130; x, 168; x, 154, 192 colour plates. . HB. 4 vols, large 8vo (271x174mm), orig. cloth, spines faded, minor wear to head and foot of spines, patchy fading to rear board of Vol. II; gilt ruled borders and title to front boards, gilt titles to spines, teg. Very good… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1925. Hardcovers - 4 volume set, in good condition. No jackets. Minor edgewear to the boards. Spines are notably tanned, and, to a lesser extent on parts of the boards. Light foxing on the page blocks and some pages. Tanning and foxing on the pastedowns and endpapers. Bookplates (foxed) are adhered on the pastedowns. The… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.