Halliday, W. The Book of Migratory Birds. Met with on Holy Island and the Northumbrian Coast, to which is added descriptive accounts of Wild Fowling on the Mud Flats, with notes on the General History of this district. 1st. Ed. Pub. John Ouseley. [1912]
pp.258 with b/w. photographic plates. 8vo. Hardback. Charming bookplate and neat dedication, dated 1911. ‘1909’ neatly written at foot of title-page. Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration in nr. fine condition.
Mullens and Swann date this work to 1912. They wrote ‘Mr. Halliday.....of Holy Island, Northumberland, is described as being a close student of natual history for many years, and articles from his pen have appeared in the Field, Scottish Field, Tatler, Fry’s Magazine, and the Shooting Times.’.
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