69. Gurney (John Henry, jr.) Ornithological correspondence, a scrapbook kept by Gurney, c.90 letters from a wide variety of ornithologists, a few pasted down and margins damaged perhaps represent an earlier version of the book, but the majority are tipped in and entirely readable, leather album, rebacked, 4to, [c. 1870-1900]
est. £400 – £600
Includes H. Stevenson ( “I have just heard of another Crane, shot in…), HB Tristram, John Sayer (a statement ”Mr. Sayer, birdstuffer of Norwich received for preservation…a bird believed to be a cross between a bantam and a pigeon…”; a note by Gurney adds “I bought this bird and gave it to F. Bond…), H.G. Heaven (the Great Auk on Lundy ;which he owned), JE Harting, HE Gatke (Heligoland, 1883), Alfred Newton (“My dear John Henry, I am very glad that the young Crossbill, so cruelly done to death, satisfies your expectations…It is very kind of you to think of offering my Selby to Mr. Coleman…I think I told you I gave £34 for it (to Douglas & Foulis of Edinburgh)”)