Lot 10
Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, 1906-11.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, 318 photogravured plates, captioned tissue guards, 2 folding maps, endpapers browned, scattered foxing and offsetting, some lightly affecting plates, one or two finger-soiling marks to plates, tissue guard corner creased to plate CXXXVIII and plates CLVII & CLVIII detached with tissue guards, original cloth, gilt, faded and a little discoloured, lightly soiled, extremities rubbed, [Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer 604], 4to, 1906-11.
Description
Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, 318 photogravured plates, captioned tissue guards, 2 folding maps, endpapers browned, scattered foxing and offsetting, some lightly affecting plates, one or two finger-soiling marks to plates, tissue guard corner creased to plate CXXXVIII and plates CLVII & CLVIII detached with tissue guards, original cloth, gilt, faded and a little discoloured, lightly soiled, extremities rubbed, [Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer 604], 4to, 1906-11.
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