The Sportsman's British Bird Book

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Rowland Ward, Limited, London.

BINDING
Olive green cloth boards with gilt lettering and pasted picture in embossed surround.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards are generally worn and scuffed. Hinges weak but binding secure. some foxing to outer leaves, but printed pages and illustrations remain clear and largely unmarked.

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
Appears first edition 1908.

DESCRIPTION
Illustrated throughout with  over 300 black and white photographic images of mounted birds within the text. Feather patterned endpapers. 8vo, approx. 19 x 25cm. 620 pp.

SYNOPSIS
Detailed descriptions of approx. 200 birds which were once popular to be caught and mounted as trophies by contemporary sportsmen.