John Van Voorst. []-, 183743. 1st. Ed.. Three volume set with wood engraved vignettes throughout. Four-page Van Voorst catalogue to Vol. I (dated April 1838) and 20-page, illustrated Van Voorst catalogue with original wrappers (dated May 1843) to Vol. III. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. Contents exceptionally clean and in fine condition. Original cloth binding and labels showing a little shelf wear, o.w. in thor. vg. condition / nr. fine condition. With armorial bookplate of William Martin to each volume. A super set of the scarce large paper issue of which Van Voorst published a small number. Originally published in bi-monthly parts (from 1837), this set contains the temporary half-titles, indexes plus finalised title pages and additional leaves to rear of Vol. III.

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Bookseller: C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 59830
Title: A History of British Birds.
Author: Yarrell, William
Book Condition: Used
Edition: 1st. Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Van Voorst. []-
Date Published: 183743
Keywords: Fine illustrated and antiquarian Ornithology
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon

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