The Out-Door World; Or, Young Collector's Handbook de Furneaux, W - 1893

Longmans, Green, and Co, 1912. Hardcover. Good. 1912. New Impression. 411 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Prize plate stuck to pastedowns. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned. Mild cracking to gutters and front hinge, however binding remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. No edition remarks. 411 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Notable cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Notable water staining to pages throughout. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Mild water droplets to surfaces.

London: The Outdoor World Library, 1923. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Not called for>. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated . Edges shelf rubbed. Preliminaries lightly toned. Internally clean.SELLER SUPPLIED IMAGES.

Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Gilt title and child with dog on the front board. All edges gilt.
Hardback, 1st edition, New Impression. xxviii, 411pp. 16 colour plates and over 500 illus. to the text. A quite common title but scarce in this condition,

London: Longmans, Green an Co., 1912. New Impression. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: Longmans, Green an Co., 1912. New Impression. With 16 colored plates and over 500 illustrations in the text. 411 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 3/4 brown calf, over cloth covered boards. Five raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled in compartments, with gilt butterfly devices, and contrasting leather label. Corners bumped; spine and hinges rubbed; boards moderately soiled; top edge gilt; contemporary rebinding used as school award with school insignia stamped to front board in gilt; school prize label to front pastedown. Very good/No jacket issued.

London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1900. binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering and butterfly to the spine, gilt pictorial illustration to the front board, all pages gilt, 16 coloured plates, over 500 b/w illustrations, tissue over an colour plates, split to the cloth of spine, significant wear to head and tail of spine, heavy chipping to corners of cover, front and back paper inner hinges split, weakness to hinges, previous owner's name and address on FEP, age spotting on some pages, otherwise text and illustrations clean. New Impession. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". Unamed. A natural history work from W. Furneaux, covering the world of insects, the seashore, the vegetable world, and more. With sixteen coloured plates, and hundred of illustrations in the text. Originally a science teacher, William Furneaux turned his passion for natural history into a series of written works. His debut volume 'The Out-Door World' was first published in 1894. Its release marked the start of Furneaux's success throughout the 1890s and into the start of the 20th century. Exploring the natural history of the English country side, he works included discussion of insects, pond life, flora and fauna, and wear each profusely illustrated throughout. Expertly rebacked in cloth with original green calf preserved. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with some scattered instances of foxing. Ink sketch to frontispiece tissue-guard. Good