Lot 475
Sporting - Macgillivray, William
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A history of British water birds. London, 1852, 2 volumes, 8vo, 7 engraved plates, illustrations in text, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, corners bumped, foxing [especially to early leaves and plates]; Lloyd, L. Field sports in the north of Europe... London, 1831, second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece in each volume, two maps [one folding], 2 plans, 7 plates, contemporary green cloth gilt, rubbed, gutta loose on both volumes, foxing, ink inscriptions; Lacy, Captain The modern shooter. London, 1846, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, illustrations in text, contemporary green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some foxing; Forester, Frank Field sports in the United States. London, 1848, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green cloth gilt, rubbed, some light spotting, ink inscriptions; Simeon, Cornwall Stray notes on fishing and natural history. Cambridge, 1860, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, stained, foxing throughout, ink inscription; Macgillivray, William Descriptions of the rapacious birds of Great Britain. Edinburgh, 1836, 8vo, 2 plates, contemporary green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, interior clean, ink inscription (9)
Footnote
Provenance: Ink inscription of John Kerr of Greenock in several volumes, one dated 1861.