1887 Rare Book - Favourite Song Birds by H. G. Adams, Color IllustratedAuthor: H. G. Adams. Title: Favourite Song Birds. Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons, 1887. New Edition (stated). Language: Text in English. Size: 7 x 5 inches. Pages: 192 pages + publishers catalogue. Binding: Very good original publishers decorative cloth binding, with gilt and black stamped ornamentation to the front cover and spine (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.

Soper is best known for his images from the late nineteenth century onwards that depict rural life in Britain

making him a sought-after artist for collectors of early 20th-century illustrated books

and black and white illustrations by Mitchell in the text

The book features a color frontispiece and four additional full-page illustrations

rear cover with decorative panel

This edition is notably embellished with beautiful illustrations by Birket Foster

and Queen of Hearts—they have been interpreted as profound explorations of language

160a Fleet Street

a celebrated Art Nouveau designer

Six Engravings on Steel

Title: The Will-o’-the-Wisp and Other Stories and Poultry Meg’s Family and Other Stories

and remain among the most iconic in children’s book illustration