Edinburgh [Scotland]: David Douglas, 1882 [6], xlvii, [1], 323pp, [1], printed on watermarked laid paper with deckled page edges, decorative endpapers, binding and hinges tight, top edges gilt. Complete with forty letter pressed etchings, as called for, with tissue guards intact. Interesting photographic bookplate from the library of A. M. Nairn at Lassintullich, an old sporting Lodge in Scotland. Covers show bumped corners, spine darkened, front cover sunned, loss to upper edge of the spine.

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Bookseller: Monroe Bridge Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 009745
Title: Natural History & Sport in Moray
Author: St. John, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good to Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: David Douglas
Place of Publication: Edinburgh [Scotland]
Date Published: 1882
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: Natural Sporting Sport Moray Scotland Nairn Lassintullich Hunting Fly Fishing
Bookseller catalogs: NATURAL HISTORY; SPORTING;

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