The Illustrated Book of Pigeons: With Standards for Judging
Author:
FULTON, ROBERT & WRIGHT, LEWIS (Ed) & LUDLOW, J W (Paintings)
Title:
The Illustrated Book of Pigeons: With Standards for Judging
Publisher:
Cassell Petter & Galpin nd
Description:
REBOUND INCORPORATING ORIGINAL BINDING, NEW EPS, MAGNIFICENT PLATES, quarto, illus red buckram boards, gilt and black lettering and gilt decoration to front board and spine, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, VIII + 392pp + 4pp ads, illus/diagrams/plates, plates opposite pages 173 and 359 missing, VG+ (plates opposite pages 173 and 359 missing, 11-14pp loosely enclosed, moderate scuffing to extrems, minor fading/discolouration to front and rear boards, light fading to front board decoration, heavy fading to rear board decoration, heavy fading to spine decoration, previous owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light foxing and soiling to frontispiece, minor marking, soiling, foxing and 1.5cm closed tear to title page, light cracking to gutters, 0.5cm and 1cm closed tears to prelims, minor soiling, creasing, foxing and tanning to pages throughout, minor soiling to page edges, minor archival repair to frontis edges)
Keywords:
pigeons birds biology science history art illustrated ornithology