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- PublisherPhotographex inc
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 2882460007
- ISBN 13 9782882460004
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages396
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THE WORLD OF SHOOTING. By Peter Johnson and Alf Wannenburgh. Designed by Johan Hoekstra.
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Photographex Inc. Lausanne, Switzerland. 1987.
(1987)
ISBN 10: 2882460007
ISBN 13: 9782882460004
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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1987 ). 1987 1st edition. Square folio (305 x 305mm). Pp396. Colour and b/w photographs. Half green morocco over velvet boards with steel engraved plate on upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Numbered copy of Sponsoring Subscriber's Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Several small tears to front hinge else fine copy in dust-wrapper with small tear to rear. Slipcase shows slight wear and stain. * A large and lavish work on gamebird shooting throughout the world. Driven grouse in Scotland, Norfolk partridge, Cornish woodcock and Devon pheasants, gamebird and wildfowl shooting in Holland, Spain, South America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States from Texas to Alaska. "Profusely illustrated with magnificent photographs by Johnson. There is a stainless steel etching (4" x 4") set into the upper cover; this is a reproduction of a sporting scene by the English Master Engraver - Ken Hunt. It is an international game shooting work, and was marketed to the great and the good of the world's shooting fraternity, with many copies going to the USA, Australia, Spain, Portugal, etc." (Grayling). "The (De Luxe) Sponsoring Subscriber's Edition," Limited to 1000 numbered copies. * The limitation bookplate, signed by Johnson, Wannenburgh and publisher, Hans-Juergen Queisser, includes the hand-written name of the subscriber. In this copy (822 / 1000) it is C.W. Fiddian-Green. On the page opposite the Limitation Plate is a presentation inscription from Fiddian-Green to two guides at the St. Clair Flats Shooting Co. Ltd. It was intended to also publish a trade edition of 4000 copies, but this was never produced. . Seller Inventory # 26438
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