Sale 8401
London, South Kensington
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28 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 437
Estimate
ARKWRIGHT, William. The Pointer and his Precedessors. An illustrated history of the pointing dog from the earliest times, London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. 4, half title, title printed in red and black, heliogravure frontispiece and 40 plates, original cloth, title lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, dust-jacket (torn), uncut, booksellers label pasted on pastedown. NO. 172 OF 750 COPIES.
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