A Second Book of British Birds and their Nests (DJ)

The second of the original ‘British Birds and their Nests’ books of series 536.  It is written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald and illustrated by Allen Seaby.  Seaby was an accomplished artist with a long career as artist and lecturer by the time he illustrated this book. and he died before it was published.  Only the early editions were originally issued with a dustwrapper.

This copy:

The dustwrapper is in very good condition and is not price-clipped.  There’s quite a lot of light foxing and shelf wear to the back dj panel.  Inside the book has blue open wing endpapers.  Thre’s a large child’s name on the free endpaper. The pages are clean and tight.