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A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire [Richard Fitter's copy]
by Gladstone, Hugh S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Dumfries: J. Maxwell & Son, 1912. Large slim octavo, pp xiv, 80, a little age-toned, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, folding map, cloth slightly dusty, spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy. [With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt, signed by the author.] RARE [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]. Signed letter from author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013084
- Title
- A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire [Richard Fitter's copy]
- Author
- Gladstone, Hugh S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Maxwell & Son
- Place of Publication
- Dumfries
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- fitter.richard. rsr.mammals.scotland.scottish.birds.reptiles.fish.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Amphibians and Reptiles; Ornithology; Fishes; Mammals;
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