The birds of the British Isles and their eggs by T. A. Coward, ... Second series comprising Families Anatidae to Tetraonidae with 213 accurately coloured illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and others reproduced from Lord Lilford's work "Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands" and 69 photographic illustrations by E. L. Turner, R. Kearton and others.
Thomas Alfred Coward (1867-1933)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3018620
Summary
Bibliographic description
Fourth edition. viii, 376 p., plates (some col.) : ill. ; 16 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on verso flyleaf "James MacDonald Sep. 6th 1931 from Fr.S." [poss. James Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937), first Labour Prime Minister, and a friend of Edith 7th Marchioness of Londonderry]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full brown cloth, gilt illustrated and lettered on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Rounded edges; illustrated endpapers. Blind stamp on half-title "Clulow's, M. Richards, Bookseller & Stationer, 18 Iron Gate, Derby". Flyleaf detached.
Makers and roles
Thomas Alfred Coward (1867-1933) Archibald Thorburn (Lasswade 1860 – Godalming 1935) Emma Louisa Turner Richard Kearton (1862-1928) Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford (1833-1896)