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1919 Birds in Town & Village
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive ornithological study of towns and villages, with observations of exotic birds in Britain, the eagle and the canary, garden life, mating patterns, characteristics, habits, and more. Written by William Henry Hudson, or Guillermo Enrique Hudson, an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator.
Condition
In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor fading to the spine. Small puncture marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers.
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