The Birds of Ayrshire
- Publisher : H.F. & G. Witherby
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : col frontis, 24 b/w photographic plates, text illus, folding col map
Description:
First edition.
Balance p. 435.
Condition
8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt to spine, teg, other edges uncut. Endpapers partly browned; light spotting to fore-edge. Vg in well-preserved d/w (slight wear to extremities). Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958). Oates was a dedicated naturalist and book collector, and was instrumental in securing the home of Gilbert White as a permanent memorial to the naturalist and author. There he also established the Oates Memorial Museum and Library, which commemorated his cousin, Captain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912), a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition, and his uncle Frank Oates (1840-1875).
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