British Birds with eighty-two plates in colour, showing over four hundred species.
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London: Longmans Green and Co. 1918, 1920. Four volumes. Royal 4to (320x265mm). Volume I. Fourth edition. pp. viii, 144. Volume II. Fourth edition. pp. vi, 72. Volume III. Third edition. pp. vi, 87. Volume IV. Third edition. pp. viii, 116. Navy blue quarter morocco with brown spines, maroon cloth with coat of arms of Kennet family in gilt to upper and lower covers. Binder's signature of "Morrell, Binder. London" Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing, scuffing and wear to the spines and joints. Boards are in good condition with slight shelfwear. Corners have been reinforced. Ownership inscriptions of Wayland Hilton Young and E.H. Young. Armorial bookplate of Lord Kennet of the Dene (family name, Young) loosely inserted in volume one. Volume one has handwritten pencil notes from 1920-22 listing the results of bird-watching trips in the UK, India, Holland and Tunisia. Contents are in lovely condition with all plates superbly preserved and protected by tissue guards. Archibald Thorburn's wildlife paintings, mostly done in watercolour, were hugely popular during his lifetime. He designed Christmas cards for the RSPB and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. His father was Queen Victoria's portrait miniaturist. Thorburn's realistic but softly lit and heartfelt images are still beautifully lifelike and touching.
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- Voewood Rare Books
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- 3003
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- British Birds with eighty-two plates in colour, showing over four hundred species.
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- THORBURN, A
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- London: Longmans Green and Co. 1918
- Fecha de publicación
- 1920
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Voewood Rare Books
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Holt, Norfolk
Sobre Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Top Edge Gilt
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