Ratham (1 results)

Condition: Good. Half gilt-ruled morocco over cloth. Spine rubbed and worn at head and tail. Marbled edges. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of H. Bradley Martin to front pastedown. 249 pages of indexed notes, second half of the notebook is blank. Notes include sightings of birds and stomach contents of birds taken over a 30 year span. Inscription by Harry Beeston to verso of front fly reads "This valuable note book chiefly relating to birds observed or obtained in West Sussex by Mr. W Jeffery of Ratham near Chichester, Sussex, was presented to me by Mr. George Jeffrey son of the above, in remembrance of many pleasant excursions together on + about the South Downs, so beloved by his father, on his leaving England to take up his residence in South Africa possibly permanently. [.] P.S. The notes cover a period of 30 years from 1859-1888, both years inclusive.".