THIRD EDITION TWO VOLUMES. FINE BINDINGS BY A BINDER TO THE KING. FULL CRIMSON LEATHER RICH GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES AND BOARDS A.E.G.WITH 280 FINE ENGRAVINGS A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. FRONTIS. OF NORTHCOTE TO VOLUME 1. FOXING TO THE FRONTIS. ONLY. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. A VERY HANDSOME SET.
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 PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH 475 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES AS WELL AS THE 26 COMPOSITE PLATES HE PREPARED FOR THE UNPUBLISHED BIRD MAN`S RIVER.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.
