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MILLAIS, John Guille (1865-1931). The Natural History of British Game Birds. London, New York, [etc.]: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. for Longmans, Green & Co., 1909. 2° (403 x 305mm). 36 plates, 35 after Millais or Archibald Thorburn (14 by Thorburn coloured, 4 by Millais coloured). Original cloth, t.e.g., (spine faded, covers very slightly soiled). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, number 369 of 550 copies. Nissen IVB 636.
Game Birds and Shooting Sketches. London & Manchester: Taylor & Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. 2° (385 x 304mm). Portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick after J.E.Millais, 34 plates after J.G.Millais, 16 coloured (some finished by hand), illustrations. Original half roan, t.e.g. (some very slight scuffing to extremities). FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 634.
British Deer and their Horns. London: R. & R.Clark Limited for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1897. 2° (388 x 306mm). 11 plates (3 chromolithographs, 8 black-and-white electro-etchings, on india paper, mounted), illustrations (10 full-page), after Sidney Steel, Millais and others. (Light spotting to margins of plates.) Original light brown half morocco, t.e.g. (lightly soiled, extremities a little scuffed). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, number 46 of 100 copies, signed and dated by Millais. Nissen ZBI 2818.
Archibald THORBURN (1860-1935). British Mammals. London, New York, [etc.]: Robert Maclehose & Co. for Longmans, Green & Co., 1920-1921. 2 volumes, large 4° (402 x 332mm). 50 mounted coloured plates after Thorburn. Original cloth gilt, t.e.g., (spine of vol.I faded, some slight soiling to covers). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, number 53 of 155 copies. Nissen ZBI 4128. (5)
Game Birds and Shooting Sketches. London & Manchester: Taylor & Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. 2° (385 x 304mm). Portrait frontispiece of Thomas Bewick after J.E.Millais, 34 plates after J.G.Millais, 16 coloured (some finished by hand), illustrations. Original half roan, t.e.g. (some very slight scuffing to extremities). FIRST EDITION. Nissen IVB 634.
British Deer and their Horns. London: R. & R.Clark Limited for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1897. 2° (388 x 306mm). 11 plates (3 chromolithographs, 8 black-and-white electro-etchings, on india paper, mounted), illustrations (10 full-page), after Sidney Steel, Millais and others. (Light spotting to margins of plates.) Original light brown half morocco, t.e.g. (lightly soiled, extremities a little scuffed). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, number 46 of 100 copies, signed and dated by Millais. Nissen ZBI 2818.
Archibald THORBURN (1860-1935). British Mammals. London, New York, [etc.]: Robert Maclehose & Co. for Longmans, Green & Co., 1920-1921. 2 volumes, large 4° (402 x 332mm). 50 mounted coloured plates after Thorburn. Original cloth gilt, t.e.g., (spine of vol.I faded, some slight soiling to covers). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, number 53 of 155 copies. Nissen ZBI 4128. (5)