DESCRIPTION

Title:  Brooke Bond Picture Cards

Subject:  Tropical Birds

Additional information:  A Brooke Bond tea card album containing 49 of 50 'Tropical Birds' themed tea cards.  The set is incomplete and does not include card no. 38 (Indian Crested Swift).

Described by:  C. F. Tunnicliffe

Illustrator:  C. F. Tunnicliffe

Binding:  Paperback booklet

Pages: 18

Illustrations (Y/N):  Yes. Colour tea cards and black & white in-text illustrations

Dimensions:  134 mm x 186 mm x 5 mm

CONDITION

Good vintage condition, with some light wear to the cover edges.

Inside:

Good.  Pages have lightly tanned around the edges.  No handwriting.  Text is legible and unannotated.  Cards are slightly tanned but otherwise in very good condition.  Illustrations are clear and colours remain bright.

Buyers please note:

- Card no.38 is missing.

- Staples have rusted, causing small rust spots around the stapled areas.  Binding remains tight, with all pages attached.

- Small patches of surface-tearing on the fore edge of p.2

Covers:

Good.  Clean.  Stable.  Lightly tanned.  Text and illustrations are clear and colours remain bright.  Small bumps to corners and spine ends.  Spine is rubbed.  Light rubbing around the edges.  

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