The Birds of the West of Scotland Including the Outer Hebrides
by Robert Gray
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£140.00£126.00
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About This Item
Glasgow: Thomas Murray, 1871 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Frank Bott; William Sinclair. An attractively bound copy of the first edition of Robert Gray's illustrated work on the birds of the West of Scotland. The first edition of this work.Written by Robert Gray, a Scottish banker and famed amateur ornithologist who became the inspector of the rural bank branches, inspecting the local birds on his travels.Illustrated with fifteen lithographs by Frank Bott and William Sinclair. Collated, complete.With the armorial bookplate of David MacBrayne to the front pastedown, his stamp to a front blank, and with the MacBrayne family crest and motto in gilt to the spine head and tail. In 1878, ownership of the shipping company David Hutcheson & Co passed to MacBrayne, and was named after him. The company rapidly became the main carrier on the West Highland routes, providing passenger and freight services to most islands in the Outer Hebrides. In a half morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards, and gilt detailing to back strip. Light rubbing to rear joint and head of front joint, otherwise externally excellent. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Bookplate to front pastedown, with an ownership stamp to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with scattered instances of spotting. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 879F54
- Title
- The Birds of the West of Scotland Including the Outer Hebrides
- Author
- Robert Gray
- Illustrator
- Frank Bott; William Sinclair
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Murray
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Birds of the West of Scotland outer hebrides David MacBrayne ferries outer hebrides birds
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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