Birds I have kept in years gone by: with original anecdotes and full directions for keeping them successfully
- Publisher : L. Upcott Gill
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 16 col plates
Description:
Printed by B. Fawcett, Driffield. The plates are printed from wood in two or three colours and finished by hand. The frontispiece (The Prairie Owl) by A.F. Lydon. Scarce.
McClean 123. [Bibliographical note: Spine imprint: London, 1890 (the binding is uniform with Green's larger 3-volume work, Parrots in Captivity (1884-1887), which also exists in an issue dated 1890 to the spines)].
Condition
cr. 8vo (183x120mm), orig. green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette of parrot to front board, aeg. Occasional minor foxing. A fine, well-preserved copy.
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