Edward Thomas [ed.]; et al. — Some British Birds

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of wonderfully illustrated study of British birds, edited by Edward Thomas. First edition.Very scarce. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth, rebacked. Edited by British writer Edward Thomas, who was most known for his later work as a poet, although he spent the two previous decades writing as a biographer, nature writer, travel writer and critic. This ornithological work is comprised of essays on a number of British birds and birdwatching techniques by different writers, including John Walpole Bond, J. H. Crawford, Anthony Collett, A. H. Patterson, D'Esterre Baily and "Scolopax". Wonderfully illustrated with twelve colour plates, tipped in. Collated, complete. Rebacked, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, very good, with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to cloth. Light bumping to extremities. Endpapers have been renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .