Rowland Ward Taxidermist World by Morris (5 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 4to (215 x 288mm). Pp164. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth with tipped-on portrait photograph, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Fine new copy. An extremely useful and comprehensive history and bibliography of Rowland Ward Ltd, taxidermists and publishers. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 4to (210 x 285mm). Pp164. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Quarter green leather, spine titled in gilt, marbled boards, all edges gilt. Fine copy. One of 60 signed and numbered copies. Does not include the separate booklet on Walter Lowne. An extremely useful history and bibliography of Rowland Ward Ltd, taxidermists and publishers. Edition limited to 60 copies, quarter bound in green leather and signed and numbered by the author. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2003). 2003 1st edition. 4to (210 x 285mm). Pp164. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Quarter green leather, spine titled in gilt, marbled boards, all edges gilt. Fine copy. One of 60 signed and numbered copies. Booklet laid in. An extremely useful history and bibliography of Rowland Ward Ltd, taxidermists and publishers. Edition limited to 60 copies, quarter bound in green leather and signed and numbered by the author. Laid in is a twelve-page booklet by Pat Morris on The Work of Walter Lowne, Taxidermist of Great Yarmouth. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Ascot, MPM, 2003. Quarto, 164 pages, extensively illustrated. Papered boards with a portrait illustration mounted on the front cover; a fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Mint. Privately printed, Ascot, 2003. Illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions. 8.5" x 11.25". Blue paper covered boards, b&w portrait illustration pasted to front cover, decorated endpapers. 164 pp. A detailed biography of the taxidermist, publisher and author, based on 20 years of research. Chapters on the man and his life, the taxidermy business from the beginning to its end in the 1970's, bird taxidermy, styles of presentation and taxidermy methods, full mammal mounts (including elephants and giraffes), mounted heads and novelty items, Ward as publisher, the Rowland Ward labels, and Ward's autobiography. Mint.