In Search of Ross's Gull Tapa dura - 1999

Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Small 4to (17 x 25cm). 268 pages; colour and b/w photographs and other illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, inscribed by the author on the title page to Bill Curtis 1999 otherwise unmarked. A fine signed scarce copy of this title. [William "Bill" F. Curtis 1942- 2019 Born at Grantham into a family of teachers he went on to study marine communications which led to many year at sea and an opportunity to study his passion for birds. A member of the Royal Naval Birdwatching Society, British Ornithologists' Union and more locally the Hornsea Bird Club. He was an active volunteer; a respected Bird Recorder, Editor of the County Bird Report and in 2004 President.] .