THORBURN, Archibald (1860-1935). British Birds, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917-18. 4 volumes, 4° (313 x 268mm). Half titles, 82 coloured plates after Thorburn. (Frontispiece in vol. III bound-in upside down, occasional spotting, lightly and evenly browned.) Contemporary cloth gilt, t.e.g. (spines lightly sunfaded, extremities rubbed). Mixed editions, vols. I & II third edition, vols. III & IV second edition. Anker 508; Nissen IVB 938; Wood p.597; Zimmer II, 634. (4)

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THORBURN, Archibald (1860-1935). British Birds, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917-18. 4 volumes, 4° (313 x 268mm). Half titles, 82 coloured plates after Thorburn. (Frontispiece in vol. III bound-in upside down, occasional spotting, lightly and evenly browned.) Contemporary cloth gilt, t.e.g. (spines lightly sunfaded, extremities rubbed). Mixed editions, vols. I & II third edition, vols. III & IV second edition. Anker 508; Nissen IVB 938; Wood p.597; Zimmer II, 634. (4)

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