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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Oswin A. J. Lee; E. Caldwell; E.W. Buckley; E. Hargitt; W. Norrie; Spottiswoode-Brodie; Colin B. Phillip; Thomas Maclachlan; G. Burn-Murdoch (illustrator). First edition. A study of the fauna in the Moray Basin by naturalists John Alexander Harvie-Brown and Thomas Edward Buckley A first edition of John Alexander Harvie-Brown and Thomas Edward Buckley's fauna of the Moray Basin. With 14 plates in volume I, and 10 plates in volume II, collated and complete. The first volume opens with a description of the water systems of the Moray Basin, before describing its physical features and detailing the mammals and birds that inhabit of the region in Northern Scotland. Volume II provides further information about the birds, reptiles, amphibians, and extinct vertebrae of the Moray Basin. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally smart, with some light shelf wear. A little rubbed to the rear board of volume I, with some light bumping to the head and tail of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned but clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1892
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. John Millais; E. Hargitt; W. Norrie; Valentine Knight (illustrator). First edition. An interesting work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides. With 15 illustrations and a colour folding map. A fascinating work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides by naturalists John Alexander Harvie Brown and Thomas E. Buckley. With 16 illustrations, including a colour folding map, collated and complete. Before detailing the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes that can be found in Argyll and on the Inner Hebrides, the authors describe the position of the area, and describe the individual islands that constitute the Inner Hebrides, including Canna, Rum, Coll, Tiree, and The Isles of the Sea. Prior owner's ink inscription to front endpaper, reads 'Hugh M. Blair'. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with some marginal rubbing to the rear board, and some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some light offsetting to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a little age-toned but clean throughout. Very Good Indeed. book.