Upland Game Birds

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26.05.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 752847
Lot 268 | Upland Game Birds
Upland Game BirdsAlexander Pope, 1878POPE, Alexander, Jr. (1849-1924). Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States. Text by Ernest Ingersoll. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1877]-1878.First edition. These fine plates have both ornithological and sporting interest. Although only Pope's name appears on the title-page, the text was written by Ingersoll. Fine Bird Books, p. 132; Nissen IVB 737Broadsheet folio (675 x 505mm). (Text leaves spotted and a few with dampstains, penultimate caption leaf tattered and soiled.) With 20 chromolithographed plates mounted on card (clean, only about 3 with a few tiny spots or rubs). Modern green morocco and buckram, spine gilt-lettered, original pictorial gilt cloth cover label preserved. Post lot text
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