Edinburgh: James Ballantyne & Co., 1806. Small octavo, pp 7, (5), 248, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, some pages slightly dusty internally, but generally in very good condition, bound in a late nineteenth century quarter morocco and pebbled cloth, gilt decorated spine with raised bands. An excellent copy. [The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates; the library was later gifted to the Gilbert White Museum in 1955.]. [Rev. James Grahame [1765 - 1811), was a Scottish poet whose poems are full of quiet observation of country sights expressed in graceful verse. The Birds of Scotland, exemplifys both ornithological knowledge and descriptive ingenuity and ease.]. First Edition. Quarter leather. Very Good.

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Bookseller: Mike Park Ltd (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016790
Title: The Birds of Scotland, with other poems
Author: Grahame, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: James Ballantyne & Co.
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date Published: 1806
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Ornithology; Poetry;

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The Birds of Scotland, with other poems

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