The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet.
by LYDEKKER, Richard
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Rowland Ward, 1900. . First edition, 4to, no. 200 of an edition limited to 250 copies signed by Rowland Ward, xviii, 416pp., 9 hand-coloured lithograph plates, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, title to upper board in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate(?) removed from front pastedown.
'A sumptuous rendering of south Asia's wild game species in art and text. Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes on sport from the experiences of Demidoff, Darrah, Valentine, and others. The hand-coloured plates are especially striking' (Czech).
Czech (Asian), p129; Nissen ZBI 2607.
'A sumptuous rendering of south Asia's wild game species in art and text. Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes on sport from the experiences of Demidoff, Darrah, Valentine, and others. The hand-coloured plates are especially striking' (Czech).
Czech (Asian), p129; Nissen ZBI 2607.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109299
- Title
- The great and small game of India, Burma, & Tibet.
- Author
- LYDEKKER, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London, Rowland Ward, 1900.
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