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MORNING FLIGHT. A BOOK OF WILD FOWL. WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR.
by SCOTT, Peter.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Country Life Limited, 1935.. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION of 750 copies signed by Peter Scott, 1935. A full page original SIGNED WATERCOLOUR of Red Breasted Geese in Flight by Peter Scott on blank end paper, dated August 1965. 4to, approximately 310 x 250 mm, 12½ x 10 inches, 16 colour plates including portrait frontispiece of Peter Scott, all on quality thick paper, plus 48 black and white illustrations and 4 small ilustrations in the text, pages: xiii, 1-138, bound in full blue morocco with three swans in flight on upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ruled dentelles, with gilt name Henry Sotheran to lower dentelle of upper cover and the binder's name "Bayntun-Riviere Bath" on lower dentelle of the lower cover, gilt top edge, other pages untrimmed, blue silk endpapers plus blank endpapers decorated with geese in flight, original dustjacket bound in at rear. Spine rubbed and faded, final endpaper slightly creased otherwise a very good copy, housed in a blue cloth slipcase, slight edge wear to slipcase. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47612
- Title
- MORNING FLIGHT. A BOOK OF WILD FOWL. WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR.
- Author
- SCOTT, Peter.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Country Life Limited, 1935.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- birds wild fowl geese red breasted geese original water colour of geese fine binding ducks wildfowling signed
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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