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    By H. G. Adams
    London   Groombridge and Sons
    7.5" by 5.5" 2-144 [12]pp
    The scarce first edition of this illustrated ornithological study of hummingbirds from author Henry Gardiner Adams. With hand-coloured plates.
    By H. G. Adams

    1856 Humming Birds

    London   Groombridge and Sons
    7.5" by 5.5" 2-144 [12]pp
    The scarce first edition of this illustrated ornithological study of hummingbirds from author Henry Gardiner Adams. With hand-coloured plates.
    £65.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 936F7
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    First edition.

    Illustrated with eight hand-coloured plates and many vignette images. Collated complete.

    A detailed ornithological study on hummingbirds with reference to their habits, habitats, species, and more.

    Dated from the British Library.

    With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear.

    Written by Henry Gardiner Adams, an English druggist and chemist, known as an author and anthologist.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Back strip and board perimeters age toned, with mark to centre of rear board. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with fraying of cloth to joints. Boards somewhat tenderly held. Front free endpaper and frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Internally, binding strained. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, with light spotting and handling marks.

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