SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. ENGRAVED FRONTIS TO THREE VOLUMES FACSIMILIE HAND-WRITTEN LETTER I N VOL.1. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS. THEN CLEAN AND TIGHT. VERY SCARCE.
LIMITED EDITION OF 525 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 503. QUARTO BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER BLUE BOARDS. T.E.G. GILT ARMORIAL CREST TO FRONT BOARD GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE. FRONTIS. PLUS 7 PLATES AND A FACSIMILIE LETTER. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OF GODFREY STAFFORD BOSTOCK HIGH SHERIFF OF STAFFORDSHIRE. THE VELLUM SPINE HAS DARKENED BUT VERY GOOD AND VERY CLEAN. SCARCE.
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.