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107 pages inc index + 41 coloured plates, 6 tinted photogravures and 25 others. a little foxing to edges and backs of some of the colour litho plates, images unaffected, large full quarto in original two-tone green and olive cloth with gilt embossed tittles, TEG (top edge gilt) and uncut edges, 2 minor spots on the cover & a small cloth nick just below titles, hardly seen. Published in 1902. *This association copy has a 1936 ink inscription on the limitation leaf before title which presented the book to Capt H. A Gilbert From Jim Vincent (Game-Keeper and Ornithologist) of Hickling in Norfolk: "In memory of his first Salmon (25lbs) on the Wye March 14th 1936". The recipient wrote the collectable book "The Tale of A Wye Fisherman". Jim Vincent who died in 1944 the same year as his mentor and owner of (Now) Hickling Broad, Lord Desborough, had been the game-keeper on the estate for many years and was also a dedicated ornithologist. He was the rescuer of the Bittern and Marsh Harrier in England. He also contributed to the Journal British Birds and wrote other articles. QUOTE: "MANY of our readers will have learned with deep regret of the death of Jim Vincent, which took place at Norwich after a short illness on November 4th, As head keeper on Lord Desborough's Whiteslea estate at Hickling, Vincent was known to ornithologists all over the country, as well as, before the war, to not a few visitors from abroad, and was something of a national character in ornithological circles. Certainly he deserved well of British ornithology and ornithologists ; it was largely due to him that the Bittern and Marsh-Harrier, after having been extinct as British breeding birds for many years, were able to re-establish themselves in Norfolk and that most characteristic of Broadland species the Bearded Tit has been able to maintain itself; a whole succession of photographers beginning with Miss Turner owed much of their success amongst the birds of the Broads to his assistance, and many more field observers have benefited by his guidance and genial company in this ornithologist's paradise". Seller Inventory # A765
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