Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul; Evelyn V. Baxter — A Vertebrate Fauna of Forth

London, Oliver & Boyd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work on animal life in Forth, by the Scottish ornithologists and lifelong friends Rintoul and Baxter. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seventeen images across fifteen plates, the odd in-text image, and a colour folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A comprehensive study on vertebrate fauna in Forth, Scotland, which covers mammals, birds, bird migration, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Providing detailed descriptions of different areas from a faunal standpoint and exploring the relationship between the different animals and the landscape. Written by Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul, a Scottish ornithologist and rare female member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Evelyn Vida Baxter, a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist, and the first woman to receive Union Medal of the British Ornithological Union. The pair are closely associated and considered "constant partners" in their co-authorship of works. They were lifelong friends, and together they studied bird migration for twenty years, which led to several publications, including renowned work The Birds of Scotland in 1953. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Further spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .