A familiar history of birds
By: by the late Edward Stanley
Contributors: Palmer, Georgio H., former owner; Gavit, John, former owner; Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner
Edition: The sixth edition.
Publisher: John W. Parker and Son
Published: 1854
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Nests; Birds; Behavior
Other titles: Stanley's History of birds
Notes: "Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge."

Title vignette (birds).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SCNHRB copy (39088015709546) in ink on verso of front free endpaper: Georgio H. Palmer D.D. ... Eton ...

SCNHRB copy has on second front free endpaper a colored drawing of Marcia Brady Tucker bird watching, with two owls on a tree branch; inscribed: for Marcia Tucker's collection ... from the John Gavits, 1934.

SCNHRB copy bound in polished calf, blind-embossed decorated spine, title in gilt within leather spine label, marbled edges and endpapers.