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Dark calf covers are mostly clean, with gilt text and borders. Boards show some aging, edgewear. Corners are frayed, with exposed board. Spine has gilt text and is dulled with repairs to ends. Binding is secure, covers have been repaired. Please see photographs for details of condition. Pastedowns and feps have some marginal toning, gift inscription attached. Frontispiece, photogravure portrait of H.M. King George V, is present and has intact tissue guard. Ex libris book features an owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrations are bright and clear, color plates have tissue guards. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have gilt along head, deckle fore and foot edges.** PS2022.0803** 444 pages. 10 x 12.5 inches** A handsome volume whose purpose is to provide a natural history of British wildfowl and also enumerate shooting styles for game birds. Red capital letters begin each section, full color plates show species of birds.** PROVENANCE: from the library of Colonel Wilson Potter(ca. 1880-1946), football star at U. Penn in 1906-1907, and veteran of the Spanish American War and World War I, where he was wounded at the Argonne offensive. A noted big-game hunter, Potter obtained the North American prize big-game heads in the collection at the Smithsonian. This book was a gift to Potter from John Coke of London, in 1927.** Printed at the Arden Press, Letchworth** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009470"**. Seller Inventory # 009470
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