![THORBURN, Archibald. Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland. London, New York, [etc.]: 1923, 2° (373 x 275mm). Title in red and black, half-title. 30 coloured plates after Thorburn. Original red cloth gilt, top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 939; Zimmer p.635.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CKS/2006_CKS_07300_0782_000(113244).jpg?w=1)
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THORBURN, Archibald. Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland. London, New York, [etc.]: 1923, 2° (373 x 275mm). Title in red and black, half-title. 30 coloured plates after Thorburn. Original red cloth gilt, top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 939; Zimmer p.635.
DEWAR, Douglas. Game Birds by ... Dewar ... with wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish. London: 1928. 43° (290 x 230mm). Title in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, half title. 19 wood-engraved plates on Japanese vellum, mounted, 3 wood-engraved illustrations, all by Daglish, extra-illustrated (as issued?) with a wood-engraved plate by Daglish ('Awaiting the Flight') signed in pencil and mounted onto a folded loosely inserted sheet. Original morocco-backed cloth, top edge gilt (slight discolouration to spine). LIMITED EDITION: NUMBER 2 OF 50 COPIES ON ENGLISH HAND-MADE PAPER, WITH THE PLATES ON JAPANESE VELLUM', SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST. Cf. Nissen IVB 244 (not mentioning the limited edition); and 11 others on game birds, wild-fowl and wild-fowling, including H.B.C. Pollard & P. Barclay-Smith. British & American Game-Birds, London, 1945, 4°, original pigskin-backed cloth, number 65 of 125 copies on hand-made paper with a signed pencil drawing by Philip Rickman; H.B.C. Pollard. Game Birds Rearing, preservation and shooting, London, Boston & New York, 1929, 4°, original vellum-backed cloth, limited to 99 copies, this numbered 2; H.B.C. Pollard. The Gun Room Guide, London, Boston & New York, 1930, 4°, original vellum-backed cloth, limited to 225 copies, this numbered 2. (14)
DEWAR, Douglas. Game Birds by ... Dewar ... with wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish. London: 1928. 43° (290 x 230mm). Title in red and black with wood-engraved vignette, half title. 19 wood-engraved plates on Japanese vellum, mounted, 3 wood-engraved illustrations, all by Daglish, extra-illustrated (as issued?) with a wood-engraved plate by Daglish ('Awaiting the Flight') signed in pencil and mounted onto a folded loosely inserted sheet. Original morocco-backed cloth, top edge gilt (slight discolouration to spine). LIMITED EDITION: NUMBER 2 OF 50 COPIES ON ENGLISH HAND-MADE PAPER, WITH THE PLATES ON JAPANESE VELLUM', SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST. Cf. Nissen IVB 244 (not mentioning the limited edition); and 11 others on game birds, wild-fowl and wild-fowling, including H.B.C. Pollard & P. Barclay-Smith. British & American Game-Birds, London, 1945, 4°, original pigskin-backed cloth, number 65 of 125 copies on hand-made paper with a signed pencil drawing by Philip Rickman; H.B.C. Pollard. Game Birds Rearing, preservation and shooting, London, Boston & New York, 1929, 4°, original vellum-backed cloth, limited to 99 copies, this numbered 2; H.B.C. Pollard. The Gun Room Guide, London, Boston & New York, 1930, 4°, original vellum-backed cloth, limited to 225 copies, this numbered 2. (14)
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