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Six Volumes Morris's British Birds

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Item Details

Description

London: George Bell & Sons, 1860, second edition, six volumes (complete), blindstamped front and back boards with gilt decorations on front covers, elaborately gilt decorated spines

Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

some wear at extremities, bumped corners, some fraying and wear to spine tips, all with some warping to pages along gutters, some pages starting, but overall with most holding; vol. I with front and back hinges cracked, front board starting but holding, frontispiece page starting; vol. III with back hinges cracked, tear at lower spine; vol. 5 with front and back hinges cracked; vol. 6 with tear at lower spine

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Six Volumes Morris's British Birds

Name: Six Volumes Morris's British Birds
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