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Travels of a Naturalist in Northern Europe: Norway, 1871; Archangel, 1872; Petchora, 1875
J. A. Harvie-Brown
1905
T. Fisher Unwin : London
9.5" by 6.5"
xiv, 260; viii, 261-541pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this two-volume account of the author's travels in Northern Europe from 1871 to 1875, with friends, E.R. Alston and Henry Seebohm.
First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bindings.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates and two folding colour maps to Volume I. Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates (two of which are in colour) and two maps (one of which is a folding map) to Volume II. Collated complete.
John Alexander Harvie-Brown (1844-1916) was a Scottish ornithologist and naturalist. His most famous expedition was with Henry Seebohm to the lower reaches of the Pechora River in 1875, when the eggs of the grey plover and the little stint were discovered. He gives an account of this expedition, as well as his travels to Norway in 1871 and Archangel in 1872, in these two volumes, with details on natural history and ornithology.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally very smart, though with small marks to the spines, and small marks to the front board of Vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages, and offsetting to the free end papers.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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