Ornithology
Large collection of works from the library of Dr I. D. Pennie
£1,197
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Bannerman, David Armitage. Birds of the Atlantic Islands. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1963-8. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, original cloth, numerous colour plates, dust jackets, with 3 autograph letters signed from Bannerman to Dr I. D. Pennie, a press photograph of Bannerman and Pennie, and a carbon typescript of Pennie's review of the work, all laid in, the letters concerning the publication and Pennie's review of the work, Scottish Ornithologists' Club committee matters, etc., fading to blue dye on top edges of textblocks, volume 1 dust jacket repaired, volume 4 dust jacket with abrasion to spine-panel;
Harvie-Brown, J. A. Travels of a Naturalist in Northern Europe. Norway, 1871. Archangel, 1872. Petchora, 1875. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth, plates and maps, with 2 autograph letters signed from J. A. Harvie-Brown to one Mr Parkin (evidently the oologist Thomas Parkin, 1845-1932, the letters concerning zoological specimens, ornithology libraries e.g. 'Mullens must have a finely "grangerized" library ...', etc.), and an autograph letter signed from Edward R. Alston (1845-1881), Scottish zoologist, all laid in;
Mullens, W. H., & H. Kirke Swann. A Bibliography of British Ornithology, from the Earliest Times to 1912. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. First edition, 8vo, contemporary green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, top edge gilt, with an autograph letter signed from W. H. Mullens laid in ('I have discovered several small points of interest since the Bibliography was published and these shall be forwarded to you in due course ...'), spine sunned;
Mullens, W. H., H. Kirke Swann, & F. C. R. Jourdain. A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology. London: Witherby & Co., 1919-20. First edition, 6 original parts as issued, 8vo, original wrappers, largely unopened, together with the supplement volume, 1923, 8vo, original wrappers;
Baxter, Evelyn V., & Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul. The Birds of Scotland. Their History, Distribution, and Migration. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, dust jackets, plates, with 2 autograph letters signed to Dr I. D. Pennie, one from Rintoul (dated 1951, 'We are most grateful to you for all the notes you have us from Tongue & shall look forward to hearing from Golspie where we hope you will be very happy', additionally signed by Baxter), one from Baxter (dated 1953, thanking Pennie for his condolences on the death of Rintoul);
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald E. H. A History of British Mammals. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1910. First edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo, later half morocco by Edmond & Spark of Aberdeen, plates;
[Peregrine Books]. Bird Life in the Far North. E. S. Steward F.R.C.S. M.B.O.U. (1873-1954). Leeds: privately printed by J. Whitaker, 1994. One of 100 copies only, 8vo, original boards;
Hancock, John. A Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and Durham. London: Williams and Norgate, 1874. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 14 photogravure plates;
Macpherson, H. A. A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire north of the Sands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, plates, spine faded;
Gätke, Heinrich. Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895. First edition in English, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt;
Meinertzhagen, Richard. Pirates and Predators. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, plates;
and some 30 others similar
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of Dr Ian Durance Pennie (1916-2002), Scottish physician and ornithologist. Pennie was co-founder and vice-president of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, and contributed numerous articles to journals including the Scottish Naturalist, British Birds and the SOC's own Scottish Birds. He spent most of his career in Sutherland, serving as the Sutherland correspondent for the SOC's annual Scottish bird report, and was remembered in his obituary as a 'major contributor to Scottish ornithology' (Scottish Birds, 2002, pp. 57-8).