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A History of British Birds.
de Yarrell, William
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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John Van Voorst. []-, 183743. 1st. Ed.. Three volume set with wood engraved vignettes throughout. Four-page Van Voorst catalogue to Vol. I (dated April 1838) and 20-page, illustrated Van Voorst catalogue with original wrappers (dated May 1843) to Vol. III. Royal 8vo. Hardbacks. Contents exceptionally clean and in fine condition. Original cloth binding and labels showing a little shelf wear, o.w. in thor. vg. condition / nr. fine condition. With armorial bookplate of William Martin to each volume. A super set of the scarce large paper issue of which Van Voorst published a small number. Originally published in bi-monthly parts (from 1837), this set contains the temporary half-titles, indexes plus finalised title pages and additional leaves to rear of Vol. III.
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- Título
- A History of British Birds.
- Autor
- Yarrell, William
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st. Ed.
- Encuadernación
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- Editorial
- John Van Voorst. []-
- Fecha de publicación
- 183743
- Palabras clave
- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Ornithology
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
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Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- Wrappers
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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