NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH 475 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES AS WELL AS THE 26 COMPOSITE PLATES HE PREPARED FOR THE UNPUBLISHED BIRD MAN`S RIVER. A SCARCE BOOK.
LIMITED TO 940 CLOTHBOUND COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 172. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. OBLONG QUARTO. A NEAR FINE COPY (SOME MARKS OF FOXING TO THE PRELIMS.) IN A NEAR FINE DUSTWRAPPER (FADED COLOUR TO THE SPINE).
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR AT SEARBY MANOR. SUBTITLED ‘ HOW TO SPEND A LIFETIME WITHOUT NOTICING’. WITH TIPPED-IN GREETINGS SLIP FROM MRS VICTOR NEALE. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH VERY GOOD. PREVIOUS OWNER’S NAME TO FEP. SCARCE.
THEE VOLUMES. A CABINET EDITION 48mo. (10 by 7 cm). ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER MARBLED BOARDS FRONTIS. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. ITALIAN TEXT. SLIGHT FOXING BUT CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SCARCE.
VERY GOOD ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH WITH FADED SPINE. TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY W.E.KNOWLES MIDDLETON.ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION.
