Familiar Wild Birds Fourth Series by W.Swaysland
1901. No Edition Remarks. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Front free endpaper and illustration opposite page 108 are loose. Hinges and gutters are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to boards.