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MILLAIS, John Guille (1865-1931). The Natural History of British Game Birds. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909. 2° (414 x 316mm). Half-title, 37 plates (including 18 coloured lithographs) after Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Millais. Original buckram-backed burgundy cloth gilt, top edge gilt (spine slightly faded). FIRST EDITION, NO. 22 OF 550 COPIES. A FINE COPY. Nissen IVB 636.
Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. 2° (399 x 317mm). Half-title, frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick after Sir John Everett Millais, 34 plates (including 16 coloured lithographs), illustrations in text. (Some light spotting.) Original red straight-grain half morocco gilt by Blunsow & Co., top edge gilt, (extremities and joints lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Cf. Nissen IVB 634 (second edition only). Schwerdt II, p.27.
British Deer and their Horns. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1897. "electrogravure" plates, numerous half-tone illustrations, some full-page. (Outer margin of one plate frayed.) Original tan buckram blocked in brown on spine and upper cover, top edge gilt, (disbound, slight discolouration to spine). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 2818; Schwerdt II, p.27 (a 'notable work on British deer').
A Breath from the Veldt. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1895. 4° (399 x 318mm). Half-title, frontispiece after Sir John Everett Millais, 12 "electrogravure" plates, numerous half-tone illustrations, some full-page. (Some tears and discolouration to tissue guards.) Original oatmeal buckram blocked in brown on spine and upper cover, top edge gilt (bumped at corners, some light staining and discolouration). PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION inscribed 'With the Publishers compliments' in ink on front blank. Nissen ZBI 2817; Schwerdt II, p.27 ('One of the best and most valuable records of the field life in interior South Africa ... sumptuously got up and profusely illustrated ...'). (4)
Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1892. 2° (399 x 317mm). Half-title, frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick after Sir John Everett Millais, 34 plates (including 16 coloured lithographs), illustrations in text. (Some light spotting.) Original red straight-grain half morocco gilt by Blunsow & Co., top edge gilt, (extremities and joints lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. Cf. Nissen IVB 634 (second edition only). Schwerdt II, p.27.
British Deer and their Horns. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1897. "electrogravure" plates, numerous half-tone illustrations, some full-page. (Outer margin of one plate frayed.) Original tan buckram blocked in brown on spine and upper cover, top edge gilt, (disbound, slight discolouration to spine). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 2818; Schwerdt II, p.27 (a 'notable work on British deer').
A Breath from the Veldt. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1895. 4° (399 x 318mm). Half-title, frontispiece after Sir John Everett Millais, 12 "electrogravure" plates, numerous half-tone illustrations, some full-page. (Some tears and discolouration to tissue guards.) Original oatmeal buckram blocked in brown on spine and upper cover, top edge gilt (bumped at corners, some light staining and discolouration). PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION inscribed 'With the Publishers compliments' in ink on front blank. Nissen ZBI 2817; Schwerdt II, p.27 ('One of the best and most valuable records of the field life in interior South Africa ... sumptuously got up and profusely illustrated ...'). (4)
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