xiv, 107pp. .Additional illustrated title page, with 6 photogravures, 41 colored plates and other illustrations. 34x31 cm (13½x12¼"), duotone cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. No. 260 of a large paper edition limited to 600 copies. First Edition. A natural history born out of the barrel of a gun. "About twenty years ago a rare duck and a wader, both in immature plumage fell to my gun, and, eager to identify the species, I searched every known work on British birds, hoping to gratify my curiosity, but in vain...I finally resolved to find out for myself all that was to be learned of these interesting creatures..." -from Preface.
xiv, 107pp. .Additional illustrated title page, with 6 photogravures, 41 colored plates and other illustrations. 34x31 cm (13½x12¼"), duotone cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. No. 260 of a large paper edition limited to 600 copies. First Edition. A natural history born out of the barrel of a gun. "About twenty years ago a rare duck and a wader, both in immature plumage fell to my gun, and, eager to identify the species, I searched every known work on British birds, hoping to gratify my curiosity, but in vain...I finally resolved to find out for myself all that was to be learned of these interesting creatures..." -from Preface.
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