Thorburn’s Mammals
THORBURN, Archibald
Wth an Introduction by David Attenborough and Notes by Iain Bishop.
NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Ebury Press, [1974]
Stock code: 8149
Price: £16.00
8vo., First Edition thus, with 50 full-page coloured facsimiles in the text, page edges browning very slightly else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Thorburn's classic two-volume edition first appeared in 1920-21. In addition to the wonderful illustrations this edition reproduces Thorburn's original text, adding Attenborough's introduction and a useful update and bibliography by Bishop.