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British Birds on Lake, River and Stream (John Gould)  by  Phyllis Barclay-Smith

British Birds on Lake, River and Stream (John Gould) by Phyllis Barclay-Smith

SKU: K1
£5.00Price

King Penguin number K1. First edition published November 1939.

Overlapping boards. [Note: the first six King Penguins were published with either overlapping boards (like a normal hardback book) or with flush cut thick card covers.]

No dustwrapper (as published). [Note: the first editions of King Penguins up to K46 (1948) did not have dustwrappers. When (if) they were reprinted after 1948 they had wrappers.]

Front cover grubby (appears to have been splashed, but may be foxed.) Rear cover and spine a bit dusty. Hinges rubbed in places.

Free end papers (fep) foxed on both sides. Text pages and illustrations clean. 

Inked inscription on front cover and front fep.

The photographs form part of this description.

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