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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive description of the vertebrate fauna, mainly birds, of these remote islands with illustrations and maps.Internally very good in original worn green cloth. Damage to top of hinge (see photos). Folding map at rear together with publisher's catalogue. Please note that this is a heavy book that will require additional postage if sent outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping quotation, before ordering, should this apply.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands
by Arthur H. Evans and T. E. Buckley
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands
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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899 A very good copy in the original cloth binding with faded titles to spine. There is an armorial bookplate of James Donald Dobson to the front pastedown endpaper. Top page edges gilt - remainder rough cut where pages have been opened. Contents: half title (which refers to A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland - the intention being to cover the whole of Scotland in time), title with photographic background, preface, contents, illustration list, introduction and bibliography pp 1-xxix; text 248 pp with 12 full page photographic plates and 2 photographs in text. Folding colour map at the rear. Contents in very good clean condition. Some of the pages are very roughly opened with varying margin sizes.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands
by Evans Arthur H. & Buckley T. E.
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David Douglas, 1899. 1899 First Edition. hardcover. xiii, 248pp, original dark green cloth, t.e.g., private bookplate, near Fine. A lovely copy.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands.
by EVANS, Arthur H. and T.E. BUCKLEY.
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1899. Edinburgh: David Douglas. 1899. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g.; pp. xxx + 248 + [12, ads.], 15 illustrations, 1 map; slightly bumped to extremities, very good. First edition. A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland series. A scarce and sought after volume, "one which should be indispensable to every visitor to the most northern group of the British Islands, whether or no he be specially interested in birds. For in place of restricting themselves to a detailed account of the various members of their vertebrate fauna, Messrs. Evans and Buckley have furnished a very interesting description of the more striking physical features of these islands, together with numerous notes on the people and their mode of life. But perhaps the most generally attractive feature of the work will be the exquisite views of Shetland scenery with which it is adorned; these illustrations reflecting the highest credit alike on the photographer and on the artist responsible for their reproduction…
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