Lot 194
Ornithology, a collection including Macgillivray, W.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
A history of British birds. 1840. Vol. 1-3 & 5, 8vo, brown half morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed; Hewitson, W.C. Coloured illustrations of the eggs of British birds. 1856. 2 vol., coloured plates, contemporary calf gilt; Paton, E.R. & O.G. Pike. The birds of Ayrshire. 1929, cloth; Harvie-Brown, J.A. The capercaillie in Scotland. 1879, cloth; McWilliam, J.M. The birds of the Firth of Clyde. 1936, presentation copy, cloth; Seebohm, H. Siberia in Europe. 1880, cloth; Millais, J.G. Game birds and shooting-sketches. 1894, pictorial buckram, spine darkened; MacGillivray, W. Life of William MacGillivray. 1910, cloth; Gray, R. The birds of the West of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides. 1871, cloth, rubbed; McWilliam, J.M. The birds of the Island of Bute. 1927, cloth; Hale, W.G. The Meyers' illustrations of British birds. Maggs Bros., 2007. 4to, number 19 of 40 de luxe copies signed by the author, maroon half morocco gilt, slipcase; and 6 others; sold not subject to return (21)