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London: F.V. White & Co . 1st Edition. Green Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Boosey, E.J. 298pp. No date - c 1925. Illustrated with eight charming colour plates by E.J. Boosey, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Gilt embossed lettering ot the front board and spine. One corner is bumped. Light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. A split of 1 cm to the cloth over the letter L in the title on the spine. Slight foxing to the fore edges and slight spine lean. An extremely square feint rectangular stamp to the top corner of the front paste down of unknown source. Scattered light foxing to some of the pages. Light creasing to the index page - publishers fault. Internally clean. A very good copy.
Parrots And Parrot Like Birds In Aviculture by The Marquess Of Tavistock
by The Marquess Of Tavistock
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Parrots And Parrot Like Birds In Aviculture
by The Marquess Of Tavistock
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F.V.White & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 298 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers, pastedowns and last page textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.
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Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture
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Parrots and Parrot-like Birds in Aviculture (First Edition)
by The Marquess of Tavistock [Hastings William Sackville Russel, The 12th Duke of Bedford]
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London: F.V. White & Co. FIRST EDITION, good. Not dated. [1929]. Full green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine Cloth has been split at back cover and spine and repaired. Moderate wear with the corners lightly bumped. Still very presentable. Front endpage lightly age-toned. Tissue guarded color frontispiece and seven other plate. Title page has hand written note (in pencil) that the author is the 12th duke of Bedford. Overall a GOOD PLUS book. Good gift. Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford MA (December 21, 1888–October 9, 1953) was the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford. Educated at Eton College, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a Master of Arts (M.A.). In November 1914 he married Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell; the couple had three children: He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, and fought in the First World War. His subsequent advocacy of pacifism, and his closeness…
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