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Auction #133 begins on 20 Aug 2026

Tabler (Edward C.)

CAPTAIN HARRIS AND HIS BOOK (Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals)

A Biographical and Bibliographical Essay

Published: Privately Published, Charleston, West Virginia, February 1944

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $50/60

Bidding opens: 20 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 27 Aug 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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26 pages,  frontispiece portrait, original grey printed card wrappers, errata slip pasted to verso of the frontispiece. 

100 copies of the pamphlet have been printed.

Tabler describes all the published parts of 'Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals' very carefully and gives other bibliographic information. 'The Portraits sold for two pounds two shillings per part, a total of ten pounds ten shillings for the complete book.' 'A few copies were printed in the smaller imperial folio without tailpieces at the end of the chapters.' 

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (225 x 150 mm),


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