Lot 270 , Tegetmeier, W.B. - The Poultry Book: comprising the breeding and management of profitable and ornamental poultry....new edition, greatly enlarged. coloured pictorial and printed titles, 28 coloured plates (ex 29, lacks f

° Tegetmeier, W.B. - The Poultry Book: comprising the breeding and management of profitable and ornamental poultry....new edition, greatly enlarged. coloured pictorial and printed titles, 28 coloured plates (ex 29, lacks frontis), by Harrison Weir, num. engraved text illus. (some full page); publisher's gilt pictorial cloth and gilt top, roy. 8vo. (ca.1890); Wright, Lewis - The New Book of Poultry ....and the Poultry Club Standards of Perfection for the various breeds. 30 coloured and 16 plain plates (by J.W. Ludlow) and num. text illus.; publisher's gilt lettered and blind decorated cloth, gilt top, 4to. (1902); Broomhead, William W. - Poultry Breeding and Management...10 coloured plates, many photo. and other illus. (some full page), and a folded table; publisher's gilt lettered cloth, roy.8vo. (ca.1935) (3)
£120-160

Condition:
Tegetmeier - spine defective, lacks top part with most of lettering, inner hinges cracked, lt. corners wear, marked lower board, nil between p/down and col. title. (iii)-viii, 390pp. and advert leaf (lacks half title); later name on title and suitable pictorial bkplt. Wright - lt. spine wear, inner hinges cracked, good inside. viii, 600pp. and 8pp. Cassell's adverts.; Broomhead - sl. discol. upper board, else good, the table at p.370; xii, 523pp. (incl. half title); apparently uncommon.

Sold for £120