Birds of the Seashore

H. J. Massingham

Published by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, London, 1931

About this Item

A smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on birds of the shore. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixty-eight full-page drawings. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive work on birds of the seashore, with chapters studying the different families of bird species and their habits for feeding, mating, and song. Written by Harold John Massingham, a prolific British writer of ruralism and matters of the countryside or agriculture. Illustrated by Joseph Van Abbe, or J. Abbey, a Dutch-born British illustrator, Ernest Ellis Clarke, an English artist, and Eric Fitch Daglish, a British engraver and author. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 906T60

Bibliographic Details

Title: Birds of the Seashore

Publisher: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: J. Abbey; E. E. Clarke; Eric Daglish

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book