Birds Of The British Isles by Eric Fitch Daglish
1948. First Edition. 222 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt decoration to spine and front board. Limited to 1500 copies. Contains 25 colour illustrated plates throughout. Contains 23 black and white illustrated plates. Gilt upper text block edge. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Heavy foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild crease to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine. Mild mottling and marking. Mild droplet marks to rear board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear, chips, tears, and creasing. Slight scratches to front panel. One approx 2 inch closed tear to lower rear panel. Notable foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking overall. Small spots and heavy tanning to edges of rear flap.