SECOND EDITION QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 30 PLATES BY ALKEN PHIZ AND W HEATH 21 BEING HAND-COLOURED. INTRODUCTION BY JOSEPH GREGO. MATERIAL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. A VERY GOOD COPY WITH A SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO TOP OF SPINE. NO DATE BUT PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION IS DATED 1843. THIS BOOK LOOKS EARLY 19TH CENTURY.
SERIES 1 2 AND 3. VOL. 3 IS A FIRST EDITION THE OTHERS LATER EDITIONS. IN ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES. SERIES 1: ON THE CHOICE OF A GUN. SERIES 2: THE PRODUCTION PRESERVATION AND KILLING OF GAME. SERIES 3: A SHORT NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH WILDFOWL FOXING TO PRELIMS ONLY. SLIGHT WEAR TO BOARDS BUT VERY GOOD SET.
LIMITED TO 55 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 20. IN FINE CONDITION – FULL BROWN LEATHER CONTAINED IN A FINE SILK-LINED SOLANDER BOX. AN ELVER FLY TIED BY ANNIE DOUGLAS IS INSERTED INTO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. BEVELLED BOARDS AEG MARBLED ENDPAPERS. EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SIX IN COLOUR. THIS EDITION IS FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF 1959. VERY SCARCE.
EARLY EDITION FINE BINDING. HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS T.E.G. 14 COLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. A HANDSOME BOOK.
1ST EDITION LARGE OCTAVO. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. GILT. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS FRONT BOARD IS SLIGHTLY CURVED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. COLOUR PLATES BY G.D. ARMOUR.
NO DATE (CIRCA 1880). FINE BINDING. HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS T.E.G. 24 COLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. FOXING TO THE ENDPAGES OTHERWISE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SOME WEAR TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. A HANDSOME BOOK.
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