Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands,
first edition in original 20 parts, 318 finely hand-coloured plates and 2 folding maps, tissue guards, a few leaves loose or becoming loose, occasional foxing (plates clean), original printed wrappers, uncut and partially unopened, ?subscription label removed from head of upper cover, some wrappers a little browned, housed together in 5 cloth drop-back boxes, [Nissen 898], folio, 1906-1911.***A scarce hand-coloured copy in excellent condition..
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Bloomsbury Auctions 25th Anniversary Sale
3:00 AM PT - May 15th, 2008
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Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
