Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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A small information booklet containing information about the RZSS members programme for the years 1991-1992.

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Guidebook for Edinburgh Zoo, dating from 1979. Contains visitor information and details of the animals.

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A booklet containing supplementary charter and statutes of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

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A salmon pink booklet containing the rules for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Club. Three copies.

Scope and Contents A guide to the Scottish National Zoological Park, now Edinburgh Zoo, by Thomas Gillespie. This is the fifteenth edition, with an estimated date of 1948. The guide contains information on the RZSS council, hours and terms of admission to the park, feeding times, care of the animals, information on all the animals at the zoological park. The publication is full of photographs showing the animals at the zoo, the estate, and staff. There is usually a map included in the...

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A guide to the Scottish Zoological Park (now Edinburgh Zoo) written by Thomas Gillespie. This is the seventeenth edition of the guide, dating from roughly 1950.

The guide contains a fold out map of the zoo site, information on the RZSS council, hours and terms of admission to the park, feeding times, care of the animals, information on all the animals at the zoological park. The publication is full of photographs showing the animals at the zoo, the estate, and staff.

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Volume I Park IV, of the magazine for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 'Scottish Zoo and Wild Life'.

contents of this edition of the magazine include; Aquariums, Hydro-Electric Schemes - and fish; Saving Australia's "Teddy Bear"; Zoo Personalities; The Crocodiliams; The Drinking Habbits of Wild Animals; African Oddities; Pages for Young People; Golden Hamsters.

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'Who's Zoo? In Edinburgh. A Picture and Story Parade of the Park's Prominent Personalities', by Albert Morris.

Originally a series of articles in the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, here, they are assembled into one publication intended as a Coronation Year souvenir. The publication contains humorous stories about animals at Edinburgh Zoo.

Note: some of the images and articles have been cut out.

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Two copies of the drinks list available to members of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. One is marked 'old' and the other has revised drink prices on it.

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A 1962 revised edition of Thomas H. Gillespie's "Zoo Tales". Published by Oliver and Boyd, and illustrated by Ralph Thompson. First published in 1934. A 120 page publication aimed at children which describes, and gives facts, about the animals at Edinburgh Zoo.