Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £100 |
OGILVIE-GRANT, William Robert (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1912. 4to (316 x 258mm). Half title, photogravure portrait of King George V, title printed in red and black, 26 coloured plates by George E. Lodge, 4 half tone plates (the first few leaves including the frontispiece and the title spotted). Original burgundy morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 564 OF 950 COPIES. One of "The Gun at Home & Abroad" series, but complete in itself. With 4 other books of related interest, namely Alfred E. T. Watson's King Edward VII as a Sportsman (London, 1911, large 8vo, plates and illustrations, original decorated buckram gilt), British Sports and Sportsmen. Shooting and Deerstalking (London, 1913, large 4to, photogravure plates, original buckram gilt, NUMBER 499 OF 1,000 COPIES), J. Wentworth Day's King George V as a Sportsman (London, 1935, large 8vo, photogravure illustrations, original buckram) and Hugh B. C. Pollard's Game Birds and Game Bird Shooting (London, 1936, large 8vo, coloured plates by Philip Rickman, original buckram, dust-jacket), all FIRST EDITIONS. Provenance: From the Collection of Wilfrid Ward. (5)