Thorburn, Archibald. British Birds. Written and Illustrated by A. Thornburn, F.Z.S. with Eighty Plates in Colour, showing over Four hundred Species. In Four Volumes. Longmans, Green and Co. 2nd edition. London, 1916. 4to, approx. 32 x 28cm (12 3/4 x 11in) Complete in 4 volumes: Vol.1: viii, 142, [1]pp.; Vol.2: vi, 71, [1]pp.; Vol.3: vi, 86, [1]pp. Vol.4: vii, 106, [1]pp. Illustrated with 80 colour plates with tissue guards. Original cloth hardback bindings with some wear and fading but secure. Handwritten ownership annotations to front free endpaper of volume 1 and 2. Light age-toning to text pages and tissue guards. Good condition.