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A history of British mammals

Title
A history of British mammals / by Gerald E.H. Barrett-Hamilton ; with twenty-seven full-page plates in colour, fifty-four in black and white, and upwards of two hundred and fifty smaller illustrations, drawn by Edward A. Wilson.
Author
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald E. H. (Gerald Edwin Hamilton), 1871-1914.
Publication
London : Gurney and Jackson, 1910-[1921].

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912.
  • Dollman, Guy.
  • Hinton, Martin A. C. (Martin Alister Campbell), 1883-
Description
21 pts. (xvi, 263 p., [5], xx leaves of plates; 3, 3, 748 p., [11], xxxvii leaves of plates) : ill. (14 col.), 2 ports.; 26 cm.
Subject
  • Mammals > Great Britain
  • Bats > Great Britain
  • Insectivora > Great Britain
  • Rodents > Great Britain
Note
  • Nissen describes the ed. issued in 3 v.
  • Parts 1-7 in the original gray paper covers, as issued monthly (irregular), Oct. 1910-June 17, 1911. Pts. 8-21 in gray paper wrappers; issued irregularly, 1911-1921. Cataloged from temporary t.p. issued with pt. 1 (with projected contents and other preliminaries, p. [i]-xvi). Each part includes special contents leaf, not included in pagination.
  • Projected as 24 monthly pts. (3 v.). The 21 pts. actually published comprise v. 1 (pts. 1-6) and the first 2 sections of v. 2 (pts. 6-21) as projected. The ill. include some land mammals not covered in the text.
  • Text (from pt. 16) completed by M.A.C. Hinton; some ill. (from pt. 15) by Guy Dollman. Includes also technical drawings by Hinton.
  • Obituary notices of Wilson by Barrett-Hamilton and of Barrett-Hamilton by Oldfield Thomas (each 3 p. : port.) included in pts. 14 and 15 respectively.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Indexed In (note)
  • BM (Nat. hist.)
  • Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration
Contents
v. 1. Flying mammals -- v. 2. Land mammals: Order Insectivora. Order Rodentia.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Barrett-Hamilton, G. History 1910) 84-112
OCLC
NYPG84-B74705
Author
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald E. H. (Gerald Edwin Hamilton), 1871-1914.
Title
A history of British mammals / by Gerald E.H. Barrett-Hamilton ; with twenty-seven full-page plates in colour, fifty-four in black and white, and upwards of two hundred and fifty smaller illustrations, drawn by Edward A. Wilson.
Imprint
London : Gurney and Jackson, 1910-[1921].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographies.
Indexed In:
BM (Nat. hist.), VI, 429
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, I, 187
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Added Author
Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912.
Dollman, Guy.
Hinton, Martin A. C. (Martin Alister Campbell), 1883-
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Barrett-Hamilton, G. History 1910) 84-112
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