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THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (Complete in Two Volumes, with Provenance)
by Mudie, Robert
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry G Bohn, 1841. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo (13 X 21cm). Vol I: pp. xxiv, 379; hand-coloured title-page vignette; 10 hand-coloured plates most with tissue guards; plus in-text drawings. Vol. II: pp. 39; hand-coloured title page vignette, 9 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards and in-text drawings. Original brown cloth with gilt to the spine, rather worn and faded, corners bumped, top and bottom of spines creaed and a little frayed,fair only. Contents good, a few gatherings loose or detached, original end papers, bookplates from the library of Eric Hosking to the front pastedowns, signature of Charles Cotton to both volumes. A very good association copy . [Eric Hosking OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist.].
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035348
- Title
- THE FEATHERED TRIBES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (Complete in Two Volumes, with Provenance)
- Author
- Mudie, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Henry G Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- 8vo (13 X 21cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - Illustrated;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Vignette
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
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- G
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- New
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- Association Copy
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