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Hard cover, 8vo, in blue cloth with gold titles and blocked in blind, 248 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher's adverts. Condition: Good Plus. Lacking d/j. Spine sunned, with moderate fraying at head and foot, top edge dusty, several cracks to interior pages.** The Shetland Pirates referred to here are the Great and Arctic, or Richardson's, Skuas, the aggressive shore birds of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Other chapters dwell on other wildlife of the area, including Pine Martins, Polecats and Scottish Wildcats. Includes many photographic plates taken by the Author Frances Pitt, a pioneer of wildlife photography. This is an early, scarce work of the Shropshire-born, British naturalist Author Frances Martin (1888-1964,) reworked from magazine articles into book form in 1923. OCLC 1548897.
Ref: NATH 8894
$135.00