London: Witherby & Co., 1913. Very well illustrated, including two colour plates and a map frontispiece, large thick octavo, pp lii, 567, all edges gilt, the hinge at the title page a little weak, and a slight suggestion of weakness generally, otherwise clean and sound internally, the front free endpaper creased at the lower corner and both front endpapers with a slight rust mark, dark green cloth very slightly worn, the spine and joints a little rubbed and bleached. [The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates; the library was later gifted to the Gilbert White Museum in 1955.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

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Bookseller: Mike Park Ltd (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017506
Title: The Gannet - A Bird with a History [The Oates/Selborne copy]
Author: Gurney, J.H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Witherby & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1913
Bookseller catalogs: Ornithology;

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