Boston: Lothrop, copyright 1891. Inscribed by Author; Light blue decorated cloth gilt. 226, (2) pp. Spine slightly darkened and lightly rubbed, VG otherwise. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "J. Macdonald Oxley, with compliments of The Author". Tipped in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to Oxley, on the author's Springfield, Ohio, stationery dated July 15, 1893, signed "L.S. Keyser". He looks forward to receiving some of Oxley's own writing, discusses what he's been selling to magazines, and inquires after the names of Canadian periodicals to which he can send work. Oxley was a prolific Canadian author of boys' books. Letter is a single sheet folded horizontally twice, with both sides covered with his holograph. A collection of essays on birds.; 12mo; Signed by Author