Greene | Parrots in Captivity, 1884-1887, [but 1892], 3 volumes

GREENE, WILLIAM THOMAS
Parrots in Captivity. London: George Bell, 1884-1887 [but dated 1892 on spine]

3 volumes, 8vo (250 x 170mm.), 81 chromoxylographic plates, publisher's dark green pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt, very minor occasional spotting

A GOOD SET, without the rare unfinished fourth volume, begun in 1888.

LITERATURE:
Nissen IVB 393

Condition Report:
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