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The Pageant of Nature, Volumes I, II and III
Author(s): Chalmers-Mitchell, P (editor)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Cassell and Co |
| Publication Year: | 1923 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 020908 |
| Catalogue(s): | Vintage Books ◇ Nature and Natural History ◇ Animals and Birds |
Complete in three volumes. All three volumes uniformly half bound in green leather over paler green ? cloth. Gilt lettering and elaborate decorations on spines. Text block edges speckled red. Volume one: 576pp, plus eight colour plates, further black and white plates, and many monochrome illustrations in text, complete with large, colour, fold-out sheet showing bird migration bound in at rear. Volume II: pp577-1056, plus six colour plates, further black and white plates and many monochrome illustrations in text. Volume III: pp993-1384, with eight colour plates, numerous black and white plates and many further illustrations in text. Small 4to. Volumes very slightly rubbed at edges in places, volume two has a very slight nick in cloth on lower edges. All three volumes have a previous owner's name and details neatly inked on the front paste down. Endpaper have some patchy toning, else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A stunning collection of articles, by various authors, on aspects of nature and wild life. A lovely, pleasing vintage set, complete with the fold-out poster so often missing
Keywords:
Birds
Animals
Wild Life
Insects
Flowers
Nature
