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MORRIS, Beverley Robinson. British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1855. 4° (310 x 230mm). 60 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates by Fawcett (light mainly marginal spotting throughout). Contemporary red half morocco, the covers stamped with a gilt vignette of a pheasant (rubbed and scuffed, some light staining, inner hinges re-inforced), g.e. Provenance: J. T. Edwards, Lieutenant 14th Regiment, Wellington, New Zealand, 22/7/[18]62 (inscription on title). FIRST EDITION. Anker 345; Fine Bird Books p. 95; Nissen IVB 664; Wood p. 472; Zimmer 442.
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