[Rarebooks] FS: Birds of Berkshire, 1868, with 4 hand-colored albumen photographs
Charles Agvent
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Thu Jul 10 11:39:44 EDT 2008
KENNEDY, Alexander W. M. Clark. THE BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TWO
COUNTIES. Eton/London: Simpkin, Marshall 1868. First Edition. xiv,
[ii], 232 pages. Illustrated with four original hand-colored albumen
photographs. Published by the author at the tender age of 16, this is
believed to be THE FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO BIRDS TO USE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR
ILLUSTRATIONS. Gernsheim 436; Goldschmidt & Naef: THE TRUTHFUL LENS
96; Zimmer p. 347. Armorial bookplate of William Bramley Moore and
small bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown with a small
binder's ticket at the rear. Minor bubbling to the cloth which has a
small tear at the base of the spine. Near Fine copy of a scarce work.
$650.00
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