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 PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH 475 INDIVIDUAL STUDIES AS WELL AS THE 26 COMPOSITE PLATES HE PREPARED FOR THE UNPUBLISHED BIRD MAN`S RIVER.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.
FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL PAPER COVERS 180 PAGES. NO PLATES. PART 1 OF 4. THE COVERS ARE WORN AND THE SPINE HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED WITH TAPE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. VERY SCARCE.
