xii, 128pp. With 53 plate illustrations, mostly by AW Seaby. Decorative cloth boards, ruled, with colour stamped illustration, black lettering on spine. A beautiful volume, printed on high quality paper. Boards strong and tight, gently rounded at corners, one minor rub, a little mottling at base of spine. Internally clean, neat and tidy, slightly browned on endpapers, with previous owner's inscription. A truly beautiful book with stunning illustrations of British Birds. Birds treated in the text include Black Game, Curlew, Gadwell, Goose, Grouse, Lapwing, Mallard, Pintail, Plover, Quail, Rock-Dove, Shoveler, Snipes, Swan, Teal, Whooper, etc.
