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[INDIAN BIRDS] Two titles. Comprising: JERDON, T. C. The Birds of India. Being a natural history of all the birds known to inhabit continental India... Calcutta: For the author by the Military Orphan Press, 1862-1863-1864. First edition. Three volumes. Contemporary full green gilt-ruled calf, the spines in six compartments separated by five raised bands, gilt morocco lettering pieces in two. 9 x 5 1/2 inches; various paginations; half-titles in volumes one and two. Spines sunned, some wear to extremities, a few scrapes to boards, title page repaired in volume three, light scattered foxing, occasional marginalia, non-authorial gift inscription to front free endpapers, booksellers ticket to front pastedowns; together with HUME, ALLAN, ed. My Scrap Book: or Rough Notes on Indian Oology and Ornithology. Calcutta: C. B. Lewis at Baptist Mission Press, 1869. First edition. Contemporary half green gilt-tooled calf, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, gilt morocco lettering piece in one. 8 x 5 inches; x, 237 pp. General wear with some loss to extremities, cloth rubbed with a few scrapes and nicks to leather, toned with scattered foxing, bookplate and binders ticket to front pastedown. The lot two titles in four volumes. (4) C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson