Swayne R E Major (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1904 FIRST EDITION. Original reddish brown cloth, gilt lettering front & spine, zebra patterned EPs. WITH publisher's rare original printed dust jacket. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author on the verso of the FFEP and with author's inscription on the short-title page. The copy in the Brooke-Hitchings collection of books in exceptional condition did not have the dust jacket and was not signed. The book offered here is in very good condition with faint thin streak on front cover (= loss of some sheen but no staining), very slight rubbing bottom edges covers & tips corners, village/county blindstamp on FFEP, other than author's inscriptions and signature there are no owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, complete with all plates and fold-outs. The rare dust jacket has tiny loss lower rear flap corner, tiny loss lower spine corner, no tears, some minor curling at spine ends, no restorations, no tape, no attempted repairs. Hunting Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica, mountain sheep (Siberian Argali Ovis ammon), Siberian Wapiti, and Siberian Roe Capreolus pygargus near the Siberian-Mongolian border in the Kurai Mountains just north of Kosh-Agatch on the Chuisaya Steppe (part of the greater Altai Mountain Range). Swayne was one of the first Europeans to hunt in the area. The book measures 230mm tall x 155mm, and has 259 pages + [1] + [8 pages of ads at end], b/w frontispiece photo, 60 b/w photos, 1 folding b/w plan of stalks, 1 folding b/w map at end, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No dust jacket. Covers show some fading, scuffing, rubbing, rippling and edge rubbing, scuffing, chipping and wear. Pages are browned from age. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover and name written in fancy script in pen on second cover page.