Birds Lakeland by Blezard Ernest Garnett Marjory Graham (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. First Edition. 8vo. original green cloth (a trifle rubbed & dustmarked, occ. spotting, prev. owner's details to FFE, closed tear to rear map pocket); pp. [vi (last blank)], 170, with illustrations + folding map in rear pocket. A very good copy. From the library of distinguished Lakeland literature collector Michael R.W. Berry, with his bookplate.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society volume VI. Spine slightly discoloured, some foxing, flat signed to verso of ffep by Blezard and Johnston. Includes map to rear pocket. Clean and tight, Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.

Leather. Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully bound example of the first edition of this study of the birds of the Lake District, illustrated with a folding map. The first edition of this work, published as volume VI of the Transactions of the Carlisle Natural History Society.Illustrated with six photographic plates, and with a large folding colour map to the rear. Collated, complete.Edited by Ernest Blezard, author of the popular 1940s work 'Lakeland Natural History', this work aims 'to fill a gap in local literature by forming a complete catalogue of Lakeland birds and showing the changes in their status and distribution since 1892'.With an index of English and scientific names of the birds referred to at the rear. Rebound in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine. book.