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THE BIRDS OF OXFORDSHIRE [with original letter from Aplin to Joseph Whitaker]
by Aplin, O. V
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0950824593
- ISBN 13
- 9780950824598
- Seller
-
Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1889. Book. Illus. by Mosley. Seth Lister. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author to Letter. First Edition. Small Folio. Loosely inserted is a four-page signed authographed letter from Aplin, on his addressed paper to Joseph Whitaker [Joseph Whitaker, 1850 - 1932), English naturalist and ornithologist who lived for most of his life at Rainworth, in Nottinghamshire. He was a keen sportsman, botanist, fisherman and collected curios. He wrote "Notes on the Birds of Nottinghamshire", Walter Black. 1907]; other ephemera including an obituary also loosely inserted. Pp. vii, [1], 217, [1], hand-coloured frontispiece plate of an alpine chough by Seth Lister Mosley; folding colour map at rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt letter, very good, bright, a little light wear, lower front corner bumpede. Contents clean and tight, original black end papers, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy with fine original letter..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037258
- Title
- THE BIRDS OF OXFORDSHIRE [with original letter from Aplin to Joseph Whitaker]
- Author
- Aplin, O. V
- Illustrator
- Mosley. Seth Lister
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0950824593
- ISBN 13
- 9780950824598
- Publisher
- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- Small Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Birds - British Regional Guides;
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
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