The Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.
by Kennedy, Alexander W.M. Clark
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- Hardcover
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ingalton & Drake., 1868. 1st. Ed.. pp.xv, 232 with four original hand-coloured albumen photographs. 8vo. Bookplate of William Edwin Glegg (1879-1952) to front pastedown. Hardback. Only occasional minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards, spine professionally relaid, with gilt bird motif on front cover and spine, all in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. Captain Clark Kennedy published this book whilst at Eton. The first bird book to be illustrated using photographs. William Edwin Glegg was a dedicated and well respected ornithologist. He was the author of �A History of the Birds of Essex� (1929), �A History of the Birds of Middlesex� (1935) and a good number of papers for the Essex Naturalist.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61750
- Title
- The Birds of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. A Contribution to the Natural History of the Two Counties.
- Author
- Kennedy, Alexander W.M. Clark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ingalton & Drake.
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Ornithology County avifaunas
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
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