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Best.-Nr. Z1-Y-015-01005McGraw-Hill College. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. McGraw-Hill College unknown
Best.-Nr. 111358Sheffield printed for the author by Pawson & Brailsford 1901 . First edition 2 vols; 8vo 26.5 x 17 cm; 28 chromolithographs 131 photographic illustrations map ownership inscriptions in pen to frontispiece verso part I and title part II bookplates to front pastedowns part II '1900' tipped-in over date; publisher's khaki cloth spines lettered in gilt joints and corners slightly rubbed minor wear to boards of part I internally clean; xl 524; 2 525-1102pp. The scarce variant issue in two volumes of Archibald Campbell's comprehensive survey of the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds richly illustrated with 28 chromolithographs by Charles Clifton Brittlebank and 131 photographic plates from various sources including the author. In an unpublished later from May 1924 to A.H. Chisholm Campbell noted that there 'was only one edition. A London bookseller ordered 100 copies; when he saw the number of pages over 1000 he had it put into two vols.' With provenance for the entomologist John Cecil Le Souef 1905-1982 president of the Entomological Society of Victoria and editor of the society's journal. Zimmer 123; Wood 277; Ferguson 7872. Sheffield, printed for the author by Pawson & Brailsford, 1901 hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 144182Sheffield: Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sheffield Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford 1900 printed on a corrigendum slip pasted over the date 1901 on the title page. Large octavo two volumes xl 524; and ii 525-1102 pages plus a map 2 frontispiece portraits 129 black and white plates and 28 chromolithographs of eggs painted by Charles Brittlebank. Khaki cloth lettered in gilt on the spines; top and leading edges uncut with a few leaves unopened; cloth slightly marked rubbed and bumped at the extremities with a thin faded strip at the head of the front cover of the second volume; endpapers slightly tape-marked; ownership details in pencil in both volumes; top margin of two consecutive preliminary leaves in the first volume slightly damaged when inexpertly opened now expertly conserved; trifling chips to some protruding uncut leading edges including to one plate now reinserted after being detached at some stage; mild signs of age and use but overall in excellent condition. The black and white plates after photographs primarily by the author but also by Sidney Jackson and Dudley Le Souef include many interesting scenes in the field. 2 items. Printed for the Author by Pawson & Brailsford hardcover
