£110
Natural History, Ornithology. Yarrell (William, FLS, VPZS), A History of British Birds, Illustrated by 535 Wood-Engravings, three-volume set, second edition, London: John Van Voorst, 1845, half-titles, in-text illustrations, finely bound in contemporary green morocco gilt by Hodges of Exeter, signed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo; with three New Naturalist Monographs, nos. 2, 5, & 7, all first editions, comprising Buxton (John), The Redstart, Collins, 1950, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket designed by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, Nethersole-Thompson (Desmond), The Greenshank, Collins, 1951, conforming pictorial dj, & Rothschild (Miriam) & Clay (Theresa), Fleas, Flukes & Cuckoos: A Study of Bird Parasites, Collins, 1952, original publisher's dustjacket, each in their original green cloth boards, 8vo, (6)
Provenance: 1st: 1) M. Attwood, contemporary armorial bookplates; 2) Ex Libris Dacre Fisher, 20th c crested bookplates.
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