1923 Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland Archibald Thorburn...

Description: Click here to see our other books! Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland Archibald Thorburn 1923 Longmans, Green and Co : London 15.5" by 12" vii, 2-78 [1]pp SUMMARY Vibrantly illustrated with thirty colour plates, this is the first edition of Archibald Thorburn's work on game birds and wild fowl. Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 3 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 36.99 EU Postage: £ 25.99 European Postage: £ 27.99 Asia Postage: £ 47.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 69.99 DESCRIPTION The first trade edition of Archibald Thorburn's charming work.Illustrated with thirty water-colour plates, each retaining their original tissue guard. Collated, complete.These thirty plates depict fifty-eight species of game birds and wild fowl.The work of Scottish artist Archibald Thorburn, who explored Scotland to sketch birds in the wild, and reproduced many images in watercolours.From the library of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex. Beeleigh housed his library, one of the largest private libraries in England. CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth binding. Four significant regions of fading to the perimeters of the front board. Fraying to cloth of back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to half title, with pages otherwise clean and bright, though a touch age toned to perimeters. 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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