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WATSON, John, editor. The Confessions of a Poacher. London: Leadenhall Press, 1890.
8° inlaid to 4° (312 x 242mm). 40 wood-engraved plates, illustrations and chapter-headings by James West, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWINGS FOR THESE AND 24 ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS FOR THE WORK WHICH WERE NEVER PUBLISHED, in all 64 original drawings. (Occasional light foxing.) Contemporary green crushed morocco bound for William Brown, Edinburgh, gilt edges. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 11 March 1946, lot 2140).
SCHWERDT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION with the extra drawings bound in. Schwerdt II, p.291 describes his copy as 'Unique'.
8° inlaid to 4° (312 x 242mm). 40 wood-engraved plates, illustrations and chapter-headings by James West, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWINGS FOR THESE AND 24 ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS FOR THE WORK WHICH WERE NEVER PUBLISHED, in all 64 original drawings. (Occasional light foxing.) Contemporary green crushed morocco bound for William Brown, Edinburgh, gilt edges. Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 11 March 1946, lot 2140).
SCHWERDT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION with the extra drawings bound in. Schwerdt II, p.291 describes his copy as 'Unique'.
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