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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Finch-Davies, C G (painter); foreword by Patrick Horsbrugh

Gamebirds and Waterfowl of Southern Africa

A collection pf 69 watercolours originally commissioned to illustrate Lt-Col Boyd Robert Horsbrugh's 1912 volume "The Game-Birds and Water-Fowl of South Africa"

Published: Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1986

Edition: First

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Copy 1554 of the Subscribers' edition.

Paper-covered slipcase with same colour illustration (Fulvous Duck) as on the laminated dustjacket. Maroon lettering to upper panel and spine. 

Gloss art throughout.

  • "Claude Gibney Finch-Davies" by Alan Kemp (10 pp)
  • "Robert Boyd Horsbrugh" by F C Barnicoat (10 pp)

Plain chocolate endpapers, 190 pp of colour-illustrated text and index.

  • Jacket Condition: Fine
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 320 x 240; 2 kg
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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