The ornithological works of Arthur, ninth Marquis of Tweedale, reprinted from the originals by the desire of his widow. Together with a biographical sketch of the author by William Howard Russell. For private circulation.
London: Taylor and Francis, 1881. Large quarto, eleven handcoloured plates by Smit, one coloured map, with an EXTRA 55 handcoloured plates. Contemporary binder's cloth, some wear, spines titled 'extra illustrated copy', the bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke, a unique copy. Colonel Arthur Hay, ninth Marquess of Tweedale (1824-1878), known before..... More