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WARD, Rowland. A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy. London: Rowland Ward, 1913. 4°, portrait, illustrations, some full-page (occasional light spotting), original publisher's cloth (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION of this celebrated, partly autobiographical work.

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WARD, Rowland. A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy. London: Rowland Ward, 1913. 4°, portrait, illustrations, some full-page (occasional light spotting), original publisher's cloth (lightly soiled). FIRST EDITION of this celebrated, partly autobiographical work.


KING, W.R. The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. 8°, chromolithographed frontispiece and 5 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, additional errata slip inserted (a few plates a little spotted), original cloth gilt (bookplate removed). FIRST EDITION. Sabin 37857; Schwerdt I, p. 284. (2)