A History of British Birds: Vol. 4 de Yarrell, William Yarrell - 2019

John Van Voorst, 1874. Hardcover. Good. 1874. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 646 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards. Contains ex-libris plate. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Notable scuffing to edges. Book has forward lean. Notable scuffing and peeling to leather.

John van Voorst, 1882. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1882. 4th Edition. 494 pages. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Sticker to rear pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning and chipping to leather to spine and edges.

John van Voorst, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Fourth Edition. 531 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound in green leather with marbled paper covered boards with gilt. Marbled end papers. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Ex Libris plate to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened.

John van Voorst, 1111. Hardcover. Good. Revised and enlarged. 684 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled edges to textblock. Black and white illustrations throughout. Ex libris plate at front. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy wear with bumped and abraded corners. Spine ends similarly worn and spine itself strongly scuffed. Gilt dulled. Board surfaces scratched and rubbed.

London: John Van Voorst, 1882. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 564 wood-engravings. Volume II (two) only from set of four volumes. Becoming loosely bound original dark gray cloth boards, some marks on the cover, some handling wear including wear on the corners of the cover and a little chipping and fraying at the top and base of the spine, inch tear at the top of the back external hinge

New.

New.

John Van Voorst, 1884. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine, bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown o/w very good, b&w illustrations, 684pp.

New.

London: John van Voorst. G: in Good condition. Ex-lib. 1882. 4th edition. Navy blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vi, 684pp. Illustrated with wood-engravings throughout. .