Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)
Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 (2 Copies)

Fine Bird Books 1700-1900

  • New binding with marbled paper front cover and red cloth spine
  • Gilt title to spine
  • Large-sized book
  • Full-page plates of birds inside the book with descriptive text.
  • Limited Edition

 

  • THIS EDITION HAS BEEN MADE AND DESIGNED FOR WILLIAM COLLINS…LONDON, AND D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY…NEW YORK BY GEORGE RAINBIRD AND RUARI MCLEAN.
  • PLATES PRINTED  IN 8-COLOUR PHOTO-LITHO OFFSET AND COLLOTYPE MONOCHROME.
  • TEXT PAGES SET IN MONOTYPE BEMBO, PRINTED BY CHISWICK PRESS, LONDON.
  • BINDING BY MANSELL OF LONDON.
  • 295 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON PANNEKOEK MOULD-MADE PAPER AND 2000 COPIES ON GELDERLAND MILL PAPER
By Handasyde BuchananJames FischerS. Dillon RipleySacheverell Sitwell
Published by Collins & Vans Nostrand 1953
Condition: Very Good
Price On Request
Categories: , SKU: 5907

Description

  • A scarce and specialist limited-edition ornithological work, well-suited for collectors of natural history, mid-20th-century limited printings, and signed/numbered scientific monographs.
  • A rare bird-book portfolio with beautifully illustrated full-colour and monochrome plates.
  • Public market data for this 1953 limited edition is extremely limited.

Additional information

Book Author

Handasyde Buchanan, James Fischer, S. Dillon Ripley, Sacheverell Sitwell
Publisher

Collins & Vans Nostrand
Published

1953
Condition

Very Good

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