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1929 The Birds of Ayrshire
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition of this work.
In the original cloth binding.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-four monochrome plates, numerous in-text drawings and a folding map. Collated, complete.
A comprehensive ornithological study of Ayrshire, with descriptions of the characteristics, habits and migration patterns of various birds spotted in the historic county, including ravens, linnets, house-sparrows and skylarks.
Written by E. Richmond Paton and Oliver G. Pike.
Pike was a British naturalist, wildlife photographer, author and early nature documentary pioneer, specialising in the study of bird life.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Faint mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and spotting to the foredge affecting the occasional page.
Very Good Indeed
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