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A Thousand Fields, 2018. Paperback. New. 500 pages. 6.00x4.00x1.36 inches.

S.P.C.K. c.1880. 72 chromolitho plates. Small 8vo (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches), 350-pages, Contemporary half green calf over green grained boards. Damp mark to blank margin of last plate. Some rubbing but overall very sound. Gift inscription on front fly.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 4.5". Anne Pratt. A beautifully illustrated work on British birds, with hand coloured plates. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and seventy-two hand coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming work describing the many birds of the British Isles, with details of their characteristics and songs. Includes chapters on: the thrush, the blackbird, the wren, the sedge warbler, the yellow wagtail, the redbreast, larks, sparrows, and much more. Written and illustrated by Anne Pratt, an English botanical and ornithological illustrator and author. In the original green cloth binding with amateur rebacking to the spine and board edges. Externally, smart with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Ink mark to the title page.… Leer más

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857 viii. 350pp. vi. Frontispiece and illustrations, hand-coloured. Spine loosened at hinges.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 14x11.5cm..

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1852. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A comprehensive ornithological study by the popular Victorian natural history writer, Anne Pratt. Issued by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of front endpaper, Miss B With Uncle Charlie's Love Nov 1856. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper.With a monochrome frontispiece, and seventy-two coloured plates. Collated, complete.A very bright copy of this work. In a full diced calf binding. Externally, very smart. Rebacked with the original boards and spine preserved. Loss to the original spine, which has been laid over the new spine. Prior owners' inscriptions to the verso of front endpaper and to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed

Author: Anne PRATT.Title: Our Native Songsters.Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857.Language: Text in English.Size: 5.5" X 4.5".Pages: viii-350 pages +publisher's catalog.Binding: Attractive and near fine full morocco leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Near fine content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing and staining mainly on the upper margin of the rear publisher's catalog - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the 72 wonderful full-page colored plates (chromolithography) illustrating songbird species by Anne Pratt.
The book: A Charming Early Victorian edition of Our Native Songsters, authored by the accomplished Anne Pratt. A work of natural history, it explores the fascinating world of songbirds. Housed in an original publisher's illustrated full-cloth binding, this volume will delight any bird enthusiast or collector of natural history books.