First edition: two volumes, octavo; hardcover, half-bound in crushed morocco with marbled boards, with gilt spine titles in compartments between five raised bands; 313pp. [147pp. + 166pp.], with two monochrome portrait frontispieces, title pages hand-decorated in colour, 64 plates likewise (most with tissue guards) and other monochrome in-text illustrations. Moderate wear; boards a bit rubbed and edgeworn; scuffing to the leather; text block edges toned; foxing to the preliminaries and light scattered foxing throughout; offset to the plates and guards; an incised inscription to the flyleaf of the second volume. No dustwrappers. Good. Standard postage quoted is for a maximum 1kg book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Books listed on ABEbooks are not kept at our bookshop. Please enquire if you wish to see the book at our premises. This series of books in total consists of 40 volumes however they are rarely met with altogether. The Ornithology set comprise 14 volumes; the Mammalia series, 13 volumes; Ichthyology runs to six volumes, and Entomology seven volumes. The first two volumes in the collection were the most popular and focussed on the Hummingbird species.

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Title: The Naturalist?s Library ? Ornithology Vol. I & II Humming-Birds
Publisher: W.H. Lizars, and Stirling and Kenney, Edinburgh Scotland UK
Publication Date: 1833
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 0.6 kilograms

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Blue Mountains Books aka Blue Dragon Books is a secondhand bookshop located in Glenbrook, in the lower Blue Mountains west of Sydney. We opened the shop in 2008 and have a large range of quality books on the shelves with many more in storage. The books to be listed on Abebooks will be primarily stored apart from the shop.

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