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Reprint of the 1907 original (based upon presence of catalogue.) Hard cover, 8vo, in pictorial cover design by A.A. Turbayne featuring a fantastic and elaborate transitional art nouveau-art deco design blocked in shades of brown, orange-gold and black. Five intertwining, crested birds perch in various degrees of splayed plumage, arraying themselves symmetrically amongst some rather insubstantial laurel trees. They surround a scrolled shield, with the title in gold, to the front board. Similar design of one crested bird decorates the spine, enclosed within an art deco architectural frame. The rear board is free of design. (Turbayne's signature beetle cipher is seen to the bottom left front.) Top edge gilt. **CONDITION: Good. Some light rubbing at corners and joint. Spine a bit darkened. Scattered foxing, mainly at prelims. Front hinge repaired, with rear hinge starting at head (1 inch). ffep. browned and chipped. First gathering has been reglued. Text lightly age toned. Plates are generally very clean. COLLATION: x, 404 [405]pp., with an undated 4-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Contains 100 Hentschel method three-color chromolithographed plates, labeled and tissue-guarded. The illustrations were taken from Dresser's "A History of the Birds of Europe," (1871-96). Text was supplied by Hemel Hempstead Author, J. Lewis Bonhote. First published in 1907 an edition of 3000 copies, this popular title was reprinted three more times in 1912, and once each in 1914 and 1917, in similar numbers. (Inman No. 6. See pp. 52, 101, 286.) This was an early edition of the popular work for the originally Edinburgh-based publishers A. AND C. BLACK, early pioneers in the lavishly-illustrated travel guide-gift book category of publishing. Printed at R.and R. Clark, Edinburgh.**Boston-born Book cover designer and artist ALBERT ANGUS TURBAYNE (1866-1940) was responsible for some of the most notable decorative book covers of the period. In addition to A. and C. Black, he would do work for Macmillan's "Cranford style" gift book selections. After training in Canada, he relocated to London, founding Carlton Studios, one of the first graphic arts studios specializing in book design. Inman No. 6. REF: Colin Inman, "The A & C Black Colour Books: A Collector's Guide and Bibliography." (London: Werner Shaw, 1990).
Ref: ACBK 9460
$60.00