William Macgillivray; J. Arthur Thomson - Life of William Macgillivray

London, John Murray, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the autobiography of Scottish naturalist and ornithologist William MacGillivray. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated, complete.The biography of Scottish ornithologist William MacGillivray, who is best known for his five volume 'A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory', published between 1837 and 1852.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1952, to the front free endpaper.With an advertisement leaf to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant spotting throughout, most concentrated to page perimeters. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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