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The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales [with] Handbook to the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales

by Forrest, H.E.

Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
Publisher : Witherby
Published In : London
Illustrations : frontis + 27 b/w plates, 1 folding col map

Description:

First editions. The Handbook was intended '… to furnish in a convenient form an account of the Birds, Beasts and Fishes of North Wales. … Those who desire fuller details will find them in my larger work, The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales - Author's Introduction to the Handbook.

Condition

2 vols, 8vo, orig. cloth, lightly rubbed, Fauna with top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut; a few neat pencil annotations; a couple of closed tears to map, neatly repaired. Handbook with slight wear to head/foot of spine and spine title dulled; endpapers browned. Occasional light foxing. Vg. Loosely inserted is 'A List of the Birds of North Wales' [compiled for the use of Gymdeithas Llafar, Gwlad, Mold, 1891], lacking the wrapper (which includes final page (p. 23)).