Game Birds, Beasts and Fishes: Natural History for Sportsmen

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, [no date given]. Later printing (1950). 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches; 220 by 150 mm. 255 pages. Hardcover, in fine condition, bound in two colors of brown cloth with gold lettering and a design on the spine; the design also appears on the front board. The unusual jacket, in very good condition, is tan with red lettering and features two black-and-white plates pasted onto the front and spine panels; it is price-clipped, scuffed just a bit along the top edge, is missing a small piece (3/8 by 3/16 inches) at the bottom of the front panel, and has the U.S. distributor's name, location and price (The Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont, $5.00) pasted to the top of the front flap. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #450

The wildlife artist Les Kouba's copy, with his self-designed bookplate on the front pastedown. The book is volume XX of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes. Illustrated with frontispiece and 72 other black-and-white photographs. Originally published in 1935.

Price: $30.00

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