Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
D'URBAN, WILLIAM STEWART MITCHELL
The Birds of Devon. London: R. H. Porter, 1892. Publisher's blue cloth, the front cover stamped with a bird. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 16 cm); lxxxvii, 459 pp.; 4 colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans, 3 fold-out uncolored maps, one colored litho plate, and 4 uncolored photo plates; Together with BORRER, WILLIAM. The Birds of Sussex. London: R. H. Porter, 1891. Publisher's red cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 16 cm); xviii + 385 pp.; 6 colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans and one fold-out colored litho map. Some wear, the hinges weak at the endpapers.
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Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History
D'URBAN, WILLIAM STEWART MITCHELL
The Birds of Devon. London: R. H. Porter, 1892. Publisher's blue cloth, the front cover stamped with a bird. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 16 cm); lxxxvii, 459 pp.; 4 colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans, 3 fold-out uncolored maps, one colored litho plate, and 4 uncolored photo plates; Together with BORRER, WILLIAM. The Birds of Sussex. London: R. H. Porter, 1891. Publisher's red cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 16 cm); xviii + 385 pp.; 6 colored litho plates by J. G. Keulemans and one fold-out colored litho map. Some wear, the hinges weak at the endpapers.
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