c1885 4vol Familiar Wild Birds by W. Swaysland First to Fourth Series Illustr...

Description: Click here to see our other books! Familiar Wild Birds W. Swaysland; R. Kearton c1885 Cassell & Company, Limited : London 8" by 5.5" viii, 160, (16); viii, 160, (16); viii, 160, (16); viii, 176, (16)pp. SUMMARY A complete four volume set of this brightly illustrated work on familiar British birds. Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 23.99 EU Postage: £ 18.99 European Postage: £ 19.99 Asia Postage: £ 31.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 32.99 DESCRIPTION Complete in four volumes. First, second, third, and fourth series. A collection of descriptions of common and familiar birds from across Great Britain, with details of their haunts, habits, eggs, and appearance. Written to encourage the identification of common birds. Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty-nine colour plates. Collated complete. Written by W. Swaysland, a British ornithologist and author. With a chapter on eggs and egg-collecting from Richard Kearton, a British naturalist and one of the world's earliest wildlife photographers along with his brother Cherry. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries. CONDITION In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Front hinge failed to volume two. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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