CHAPMAN, Abel Bird-Life of the Borders. Records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Gurney and Jackson. 1889.
8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt vignette to front, gilt lettering to spine; pp. xii + 286 + 16, illustrated throughout; previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown, very good.
First edition. This was Chapman's first book and is recognised as a classic of fieldwork enlivened by his characteristically entertaining style.
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