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2 books on the Great Auk. 1885, 1999.

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[Ornithology] 2 volumes. (1) Grieve, Symington. The Great Auk, or Garefowl. Thomas C. Jack, London, 1885. First edition. 4to. x, [2], 141, 58 pp, 4 plates (two in color), colored folding map. Contemporary 3/4 green leather, gilt spine, over green cloth boards. (2) Fuller, Errol. The Great Auk. Fuller, Kent, 1999. No. 136 of 400 copies signed by Fuller. Folio. 3/4 green morocco over marled boards, gilt. In original green cloth slipcase.Condition: Minor rubbing, fading to spine of (1). Foxing to (1)Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.

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2 books on the Great Auk. 1885, 1999.

Name: 2 books on the Great Auk. 1885, 1999.
SKU: 140616152
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