MILLAIS, J.G. The wildfowler in Scotland. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901. Folio (304 x 257mm). Title in black and red, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 illustrations in photogravure, numerous illustrations, some in colour (very occasional marginal finger-soiling). Original paper-backed boards gilt (some soiling and rubbing). Provenance: Robert Hall (bookplate dated 1902).
First edition of this beautifully illustrated work.
Sold with 4 other volumes by the same author: Game birds and shooting sketches (London, 1892) – British deer and their horns (London, 1897) – The natural history of British game birds (London, 1909) – British Sports and Sportsmen: Shooting and Deer Stalking (London, n.d., ca. 1913).
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MILLAIS, J.G. The wildfowler in Scotland. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901. Folio (304 x 257mm). Title in black and red, tissue-guarded frontispiece and 8 illustrations in photogravure, numerous illustrations, some in colour (very occasional marginal finger-soiling). Original paper-backed boards gilt (some soiling and rubbing). Provenance: Robert Hall (bookplate dated 1902).
First edition of this beautifully illustrated work.
Sold with 4 other volumes by the same author: Game birds and shooting sketches (London, 1892) – British deer and their horns (London, 1897) – The natural history of British game birds (London, 1909) – British Sports and Sportsmen: Shooting and Deer Stalking (London, n.d., ca. 1913).
Sold not subject to return.
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