baikie heddle robert (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pp. x 104; title page, index and tipped in errata slip. Original green cloth binding, very good, spine faded and a little brittle, Orkney written in ink to the spine. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers , torn at the hinge now professionally repaired, very lightly marked, no inscription, few spots to the reverse of the front free endpaper, otherwise clean, a few small numbers in pencil to the list of contents. A very good first edition copy in the original binding. Size: 8vo. Book.

Zustand: Very Good. 104, . . HB. 8vo, cont. half calf, joints rubbed, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Vg. Bookplate of wealthy American amateur ornithologist, John Eliot Thayer (1862-1928). Part I (all published). Very scarce. Printed slip, 'More Important Corrections, 1856. - R.H.' tipped in at p. iii. A manuscript list of Errata is also loosely inserted.Mullens & Swann p. 36.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce zoological work describing the mammals and birds of the Orkney Islands, penned by Scottish explorer and naturalist W. B. Baikie. This work is a catalogue of the wildlife of Orkney, specifically the mammalia and birds.Written by William Balfour Baikie (1825-1864), a naturalist and explorer born in the Orkney Islands. He completed a number of works regarding Orkney and Scotland.A scarce work. In a full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with a few marks to the front board, chipping to the tail of the spine, which is faded and with a few small instances of fraying. Internally, generally firmly bound; front hinge is strained but remains firm. Pages have the odd instance of spotting, but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good. book.