Baxter, E.V. & Rintoul, L.J
£526
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
The birds of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1953. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, foxed, interiors clean; Harvie-Brown, J.A. & Buckley, T.E. A vertebrate fauna of the Outer Hebrides. Edinburgh, 1888, 8vo, various additions to include an autograph letter signed from author pasted onto dedication leaf, obituary of T.E. Buckley pasted to verso of dedication leaf, autograph letter signed from Lily Buckley [daughter of T.E. Buckley] pasted onto preface leaf, copy of "Rockall" by Harvie-Brown pasted onto introductory leaf, illustrations in text, orignal green cloth, faded, some leaves loose, inner hinge split; Gray, Robert The birds of the west of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow, 1871, 8vo, illustrated, modern quarter morocco gilt, foxing, ink inscription on title; Dunn, Robert The ornithologist's guide to the islands of Orkney and Shetland. London, 1837, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, two folding maps to rear, modern quarter calf, library stamps throughout of the American Museum of Natural History, New York; Venables, L. & Venables, U. Birds and mammals of Shetland. Edinburgh, 1955. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped, foxed (6)