Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Notes on their Classification and Geographical Distribution, 2nd edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1896, 68 chromolithographic plates of eggs, edges untrimmed, original green cloth, extremities rubbed and bumped, tear to volume 4 headcap, large 8vo, together with: ibid. Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 60 chromolithographic plates of eggs numbered 1-59, original red cloth gilt, a bright copy, large 8vo, Yarrell (William). A History of British Birds, 3 volumes, 1st edition, large-paper issue, London: John van Voorst, 1839-43, volumes 1 and 2 with half-titles, title-pages and additional text-leaves 268/9, 316/17, 420/1 and 232/3 bound in at rear of volume 3 but with original temporary title-pages (without engraved vignettes) to front and Temporary Index to rear (all as issued), volume 3 with half-title (no temporary title-page issued) and xxxii pp. index, 4 pp. advertisements to volume 1 and 8 pp. advertisements with original wrappers to volume 3, wood-engraved vignettes throughout, engraved armorial bookplates (William Martin , edges untrimmed, original diaper cloth, printed paper spine-labels, large 8vo, ibid. A History of British Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition ('revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton [-Howard Saunders]'), London: John van Voorst, 1871-85, half-titles to volumes 2-4, errata slips to volumes 1, 3 and 4, wood-engravings throughout, pencilled ownership inscriptions of E. W. H. Blagg dated 1889 to front free endpapers, bookplates of Thomas William Daltry (1832-1904), clergyman and amateur naturalist to front pastedowns ('The Daltry Library, Stoke on Trent 1904'), original wavy-grain blue cloth, spines sunned, headcaps slightly nicked and frayed, 8vo, Gurney (John Henry junior). The Gannet. A Bird with a History, 1st edition, London: Witherby & Co., 1913, map frontispiece, 4 plates (sometimes counted as 5: one plate is double-sided), illustrations throughout (many full-page but counted in pagination), all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo (Qty: 10) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Anker 456-7 (Seebohm, both works); Mullens & Swann pp. 517-18 (Seebohm, both works), 671 (Yarrell); Nissen IVB 851 (Seebohm, History), 849 (Seebohm, Coloured Figures), 1029 (Yarrell), 401 (Gurney); Wood pp. 561 (Seebohm, both works), 639 (Yarrell), 372 (Gurney). This second edition of Seebohm's History comprises a re-issue of the text of the first edition (1883-5), with the plates newly printed in Paris; the work has 'no connection' with his Coloured Figures (Mullens & Swann).
Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Notes on their Classification and Geographical Distribution, 2nd edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1896, 68 chromolithographic plates of eggs, edges untrimmed, original green cloth, extremities rubbed and bumped, tear to volume 4 headcap, large 8vo, together with: ibid. Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 60 chromolithographic plates of eggs numbered 1-59, original red cloth gilt, a bright copy, large 8vo, Yarrell (William). A History of British Birds, 3 volumes, 1st edition, large-paper issue, London: John van Voorst, 1839-43, volumes 1 and 2 with half-titles, title-pages and additional text-leaves 268/9, 316/17, 420/1 and 232/3 bound in at rear of volume 3 but with original temporary title-pages (without engraved vignettes) to front and Temporary Index to rear (all as issued), volume 3 with half-title (no temporary title-page issued) and xxxii pp. index, 4 pp. advertisements to volume 1 and 8 pp. advertisements with original wrappers to volume 3, wood-engraved vignettes throughout, engraved armorial bookplates (William Martin , edges untrimmed, original diaper cloth, printed paper spine-labels, large 8vo, ibid. A History of British Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition ('revised and enlarged by Alfred Newton [-Howard Saunders]'), London: John van Voorst, 1871-85, half-titles to volumes 2-4, errata slips to volumes 1, 3 and 4, wood-engravings throughout, pencilled ownership inscriptions of E. W. H. Blagg dated 1889 to front free endpapers, bookplates of Thomas William Daltry (1832-1904), clergyman and amateur naturalist to front pastedowns ('The Daltry Library, Stoke on Trent 1904'), original wavy-grain blue cloth, spines sunned, headcaps slightly nicked and frayed, 8vo, Gurney (John Henry junior). The Gannet. A Bird with a History, 1st edition, London: Witherby & Co., 1913, map frontispiece, 4 plates (sometimes counted as 5: one plate is double-sided), illustrations throughout (many full-page but counted in pagination), all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo (Qty: 10) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART II Anker 456-7 (Seebohm, both works); Mullens & Swann pp. 517-18 (Seebohm, both works), 671 (Yarrell); Nissen IVB 851 (Seebohm, History), 849 (Seebohm, Coloured Figures), 1029 (Yarrell), 401 (Gurney); Wood pp. 561 (Seebohm, both works), 639 (Yarrell), 372 (Gurney). This second edition of Seebohm's History comprises a re-issue of the text of the first edition (1883-5), with the plates newly printed in Paris; the work has 'no connection' with his Coloured Figures (Mullens & Swann).
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