The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess
1919. No edition remarks. 353 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth. Colour illustration plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.