Thorburn's Mammals

An Introduction by Attenborough, David and notes from Iain Bishop.

ISBN 10: 1850520054 / ISBN 13: 9781850520054

Published by Peerage, 1984

About this Item

The book has blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine and there is a gilt pictorial illustration on the front board. The boards are in a very good condition, apart from minimal edge ware fading on the bottom of the spine. The jacket is also in a very good condition, apart from some minimal bumping. The price is unclipped. The inside pages are in a very good condition, near fine. There are very detailed black and white, and a few coloured pictorial illustrations and written details throughout the book. The book includes an 'Introduction by David Attenborough'. Overall the book is in a very good condition.

Seller Inventory # 012415

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thorburn's Mammals
• Publisher: Peerage
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850520054
• ISBN 13: 9781850520054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 565 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • Geography & Environment
  • Pets & Animals

About this title

Synopsis

1983, oversize trade paperback reprint edition (this book has been published in various editions; this is the single-volume title, with 50 water color plates), Mermaid Books / Ebury Press, London, U.K. 128 pages. Masterful, full-color plates throughout, 50 of them. The original text is reproduced in full. Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) was one of the great British animal painters. His water colors here are reproduced beautifully. We have almost all the species of mammals native to the British Isles, including whales, cattle, deer, hares, voles, mice, squirrels, polecats, stoats, martens, badgers, and more.