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1905 Wild Ducks: How to Rear and Shoot Them
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
A first edition copy of this work, published in 1905.
With four tissue-guarded monochrome photogravure plates from drawings by the British illustrator G.E. Lodge and twelve black and white photographic illustrations. Collated complete.
Written by Captain W. Coape Oates, this work is a helpful and thorough guide to those anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. With extensive instructions on how to select a home for your ducks, to hatching and laying, to shooting.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt titles. Externally, very smart. Light bumping and wear to boards extremities. Minor rubbing to joints. Scattered spotting on end papers. Ink inscription on front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. One tissue guard missing for the photogravure titled 'A Tidy Mother', page 33.
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