Lot 941: Sold for £95 hammer

Estimate £70-£100

Bewick, Thomas - 'A History of British Birds', published by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1885, Volume I of The Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works, signed in ink by Quaritch and numbered 272 from an edition of 750, tan half leather and brown cloth, 4to, also the companion four volumes - a set of five and Bewick's Select Fables similarly bound (6)

Condition report
leather is worn to all volumes, corners lightly knocked. Internally good, All beat B.W. Waters bookplates

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