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1899 A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands : Evans & Buckley : Eric Simms

1899 A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands : Evans & Buckley : Eric Simms

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A Vertebrate Fauna of the Shetland Islands

By Arthur H Evans and T E Buckley

David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1899. First Edition. Hardback, green cloth with gilt title to spine, 8vo, wine clay endpapers, pp xxix; text 248 pp with 12 full page photographic plates and 2 photographs in text. Double-page colour map of Shetland at the rear.

THIS BOOK PREVIOUSLY BELONGED TO ERIC SIMMS AND HE HAS SIGNED HIS NAME TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER.
Simms wrote books for the New Naturalist series such as 'British Warblers' and 'British Thrushes'

CONDITION

A good first edition. The cloth binding is in very good condition. Inner and outer joints sound and with no cracking. Endpapers very good. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. The signature of author Eric Simms is found on the front endpaper of the book (see image). Overall a very good copy.
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