The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland by Millais, J.G - 1904

Published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1904. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Millais, J.G. & Thorburn, Archibald & Lodge, G.E. & Gronvold, Henrik. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Three volumes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 14 x 13", large heavy format. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1025 copies. With 62 photogravures, 62 coloured plates and 149 uncoloured plates. Copy No. 217. Bookplates to front pastedowns. 12cm split to one side of spine from top to volume 1. Spines faded. Corners worn. Occasional foxspot to contents.

London: Longmans Green, 1904-1906. 3 volumes (quarto) limited edition,corners bumped covers rubbed . well illustrated. London: 3 volumes (quarto) limited edition,corners bumped covers rubbed 1904-1906 edges scuffedThis set is #602, of 1025, from the library of George Charles Williamson, Burgh House Hampstead

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1904. First Edition. Vol. I numbered 616 of 1025 copies printed, vol. II #615, and vol. III #627. Square folio (36cm). Blue cloth, backed in black linen, titled in gilt on fronts and spines, top edges gilt; plain endpapers; vol. I: xx,365pp; vol. II: [xii],299pp; vol. III: xii,384pp; with 62 photogravures, 62 color plates, and 149 uncolored halftone plates, complete. Bookplates of noted zoologist James G. Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution. A straight and sound set, cloth rubbed; generally clean and bright, though with occasional dampstains to upper margins of a few leaves, not affecting images: Very Good. John Guille Millais (1865-1931), son of Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, was a wildlife artist known for the exactness of his illustrations. This work features detailed illustrations of an enormous range of mammals, from dormice to whales. (Millais in fact spent time with an Atlantic whaling fleet studying the… Read More

LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, 1904. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1025 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 726. THREE VOLUMES, FOLIO, BLUE CLOTH, BUCKRAM SPINES, T.E.G. WITH 18 PHOTOGRAVURES BY THE AUTHOR, 62 COLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR, ARCHIBALD THORBURN, AND G E LODGE, AND MANY UNCOLOURED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. SOME SCRATCHES TO THE CLOTH BUT A VERY GOOD CLEAN SET. VERY HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.