A History of British Birds Volume I by William Yarrell
1874. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 646 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound green leather with marbled paper covered boards. Contains ex-libris plate. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Notable scuffing to edges. Book has forward lean. Notable scuffing and peeling to leather.