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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Horsbrugh, Boyd Robert - Colour plates by Claude Gibney Davies

The Gamebirds and Waterfowl of South Africa

Published: Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1978

Edition: Facsimile - Limited

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Copy number 174 of the facsimile reprint of the 1912 London edition, limited to 526 copies. Original green leather spine with title panels and hand marbled paper boards. Green end papers. 54 pages preceding the facsimile which has ix prelims, 160 pages, 67 colour plates. NOTE: C.G. Davies only adopted the surname Finch-Davies after his marriage to Aileen Finch in 1916, four years after the first publication of this title. CONDITION DETAILS: A few minor signs of use.
  • Binding Condition: Some sunning to spine
  • Overall Condition: A decent copy
  • Size: 263mm x 198mm
  • Sold By: Gandolph's Books
  • Contact Person: Arnaud Labuschagne
  • Country: South Africa
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