Our Rarer British Breeding Birds: Their Nests, Eggs, and Summer Haunts
by Richard Kearton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". C. Kearton. The first edition of this fascinating work by the Kearton brothers, with striking illustrations from photographs throughout. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With illustrations from photographs by Cherry Kearton. With leaves of advertisements to the rear.Richard Kearton was a British naturalist who was is often grouped with his brother, Cherry Kearton, whose photography features in this work throughout. The brothers are considered by many as the world's first professional wildlife photographers, with Cherry having taken the first ever photograph of a bird's nest with eggs in 1892. This is one of the brothers' early collaborative works, with overviews of various rarer species of breeding birds. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with sunning and a few marks to the boards. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Offsetting and scattered spotting to the endpapers and frontispiece page. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 905Y60
- Title
- Our Rarer British Breeding Birds: Their Nests, Eggs, and Summer Haunts
- Author
- Richard Kearton
- Illustrator
- C. Kearton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Ornithology Photography Illustrated Birds Photography
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.