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Books from the Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven

H. Eliot Howard | The British warblers, 1907-1914, 2 volumes

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September 21, 09:56 AM GMT

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Books from the Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven


H. Eliot Howard


The British warblers. A history with problems of their lives. London: R.H. Porter, 1907-1914


FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to (285 x 190mm.), 35 chromolithographed plates and 51 photogravure plates from drawings by H. Gronvold, 12 maps, temporary and part titles bound in at end, crushed green half-morocco gilt by C.J. Sawyer, top edge gilt


LITERATURE:

Nissen IVB 454; McGill/Wood, p. 392; Zimmer, p. 308

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