whitlock annotated numerous additions hutchinson (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Inscribed by Whitlock on the front free end paper. Fold out map has a tear where it has been miss-opened. Pages slightly tanned but still bright. Comes with some printed sheets referring to Whitlock's extraordinary biography. Whitlock, a bank manager robbed his own back and escaped to Australia. He was caught and spent 11 years in a British jail. After release returned to Australia and became a renowned ornithologist and collector and many birds were named after him!

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper "The Editor 'Natural Sciences' With the Author's compliments Beeston Hall 11 April '93" pp. vi 239, frontispiece plate and fold out map, five further plates very good, corrigenda slip tipped in. Publisher's textured green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little light wear. Contents clean and tight, original patterned endpapers. A very good, clean, copy inscribed by the author. [The Author, Whitlock, was convicted of embezzlement, a wanted poster was published and eventually he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.] Size: 8vo. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. pp. vi 239, frontispiece plate and fold out map, five further plates fine. Cloth binding very good with light rubbing, this appears to be a slightly later binding. Contents clean and tight, patterned endpapers, original endpaper tipped in with James Fisher's signature and an inscription " from F. B. Whitlock, Beeston, Notts , england 11 Dec. 1893" otherwise unmarked. A clean very good first edition. The Author, Whitlock, was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Loosely inserted is a facsimile of the £100 reward poster. Size: 8vo. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.