Product Description
A collection of very scarce and informative ornithology titles, featuring numerous illustrations and a first edition. An engaging and informative collection of ornithological titles, including a title by renowned Scottish naturalist, writer, photographer and folklorist Seton Gordon.This collection is widely illustrated, featuring both colour and monochrome plates.Volume 1 - a very scarce first edition - features a monochrome frontispiece, and original tissue guard.Volume 2 features a colour frontispiece and 32 unlisted double-sided monochrome plates, in addition to a single further colour plate, in addition to illustrated endpapers. No other collation record available.Volume 3, which details bird life in a variety of locations, including in Hungary and on Orkney, features 11 double-sided and 5 single-sided monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Lacking dust wrappers. Bound in original cloth. Externally, very smart. Very mild shelf wear. Mild fading to spines. The odd marks to boards. Contemporary ink inscription to vol1 front paste down. Vol3 front free endpaper removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Scattered spotting to text block edges. Very Good Indeed
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