The Handbook of British Birds Volume I: Crows to Firecrest by H. F. Witherby
1949. Sixth Impression. 326 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over dark blue cloth with colour illustrated plates throughout. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Visible foxing and tanning to text block edges and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. binding is loose with pen inscriptions to front pastedown. Boards have visible rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and moderate rubbing to spine. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. Large tear to spine and heavier sunning to spine. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends.