Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
by St. John, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. London: John Murray, 1846. First Edition. 8vo. vi,281pp. Later half red morocco & marbled boards, edges, and endpapers, 6-panel spine with black leather label and ; edges and joints moderately worn/rubbed, brief crack at top of front joint, slightly rubbed marbled boards, interior in clean, very good condition. Bookseller ticket of Willis and Southeran, London, and Bookplate of Sunga (Vincere Vel Mori) on front pastedown. St. John's observations of wild birds and quadrupeds kept in his journals during several years living in the northern counties of Scotland, and in the province of Moray, including his own fishing, hunting, and trapping. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9838
- Title
- Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
- Author
- St. John, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- Sporting, Hunting, Fishing, Scotland, Leather Binding, Natural History
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Dale A. Sorenson
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