Lot 225
Greene, William Thomas
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
£1,000
Description
Parrots in captivity. London: George Bell And Sons, 1884-87. 3 vols., 8vo, 3 chromolithographic frontispieces and 78 chromolithographic plates, original green cloth, pictorial gilt, some spotting to frontispiece and title page in volume III, final plate in volume II loose, occasional light spotting, some soiling to edges not affecting image, inner hinges split, extremities rubbed, corners bumped, head and foot of spine torn and lacking, [Nissen 393]
Footnote
Note: This does not contain the supplementary volume of 1888 containing 9 plates indicated by Nissen.