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A Memorial Tribute to William MacGillivray - Ornithologist; Professor of Natural History Iniversity of Aberdeen [Robert Washington Oates copy]
by MacGillivray, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1901. Illustrated with three plates, large octavo, pp xiv, (ii), 203, the top edge gilt, the other two edges age-toned, a few slight thumb/reading creases, a few neat pencil notes in the margins, the page listing the illustrations is foxed, the endpapers age-toned, the name of the original owner on the presentation page has been gemtly removed, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth with only very slight signs of use. [The Oates-Selborne copy, with the bookplate of Robert Washington Oates.]. VERY SCARCE.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020302
- Title
- A Memorial Tribute to William MacGillivray - Ornithologist; Professor of Natural History Iniversity of Aberdeen [Robert Washington Oates copy]
- Author
- MacGillivray, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Private Circulation
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1901
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Ornithology; Victorian;
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
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