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1882 The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding
The first edition.
Illustrated with a monochrome engraved frontispiece, vignettes, and sixteen monochrome engraved plates. Collated, complete.
A sporting work by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, an English historian, artist and writer of sporting works. The work provides a study of wildfowl and seafowl, with descriptions of various breeds and their habitats, alongside a hunting guide.
To the rear is sixteen blank tables for the reader to enter their own hunting information.
Bound in contemporary crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards.
Condition
Bound in contemporary crushed half morocco with marbled paper to the boards. Externally lightly rubbed to the spine, boards and extremities, and fading to the spine. Bookplate of 'John Kenneth Foster' to the front pastedown, with offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only light spotting to the front and the odd minor spot, slightly heavier to the front and rear. Owner's signature to the half title.
Very Good
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