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British And American Game Birds
Pollard, H B C - Barclay Smith, Phyillis - Connett, Eugene V & Rickman, Philip [illustrator]
Language: English
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United KingdomEastleach Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1st edition. Quarter pigskin over buckram, G+. x+46pp, 20 tissue guarded plates, printed on handmade paper with deckle edges, LIMITED to 125 copies this being copy 49, original pencil illustration by the artist on the limitation page, leather rather rubbed & worn to the spine, corners bumped, undertermined stain… to the contents page. Ex libris Michael Holdway, with his memorial bookplate ( Lt Michael HH Holdway, Royal Engineers, killed in mine explosion, Qiryat Moskin, Palestine 1947 ), Ex Natural History Society with their ink stamp, a fair copy. Attractively produced guide to the game birds of Britain & North America with brief ornithological details on 6 groups of brids & an essay on shooting in the respective countries. 700 grams.
