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Horsbrugh (Major Boyd)

THE GAMEBIRDS AND WATERFOWL OF SOUTH AFRICA

With colour plates by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies. A facsimile reprint of the original work published in London during 1912.

Published: Winchester Press, Johannesburg, Winchester Press

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160 pages, colour frontispiece of Fulvous Whistling Duck from a watercolour by Finch-Davies, 65 colour plates from the original edition, 2 portraits of Horsbrugh and Finch-Davies, quarter green morocco gilt, marbled paper sides, a very good copy in the matching slip case.

Number 3 of the standard Subscribers' edition numbered 101-500, the total edition limited to 536 copies.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (265 x 190 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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