The Birds of Eastbourne - Rare first edition signed by author

ARNOLD, E.C.

Published by Strange, Baskerville Press, Eastbourne, 1936

Condition: Used - Near fine Hardcover

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Rare. Signed (initials ECA) and inscribed by the author on the front free blank end paper. The same page has the inscription Presented to Charterhouse (School) by Lieut-Col F.W.B. Smart 1938. Original green cloth hardback binding, with gilt titles and bird on front and gilt titles on spine, in near fine condition. The text is in very good+/near fine, tight, clean condition, with hardly any foxing. Very well illustrated with ten coloured and nine half-tone plates from drawings by the author, and various illustrations and photographs in the text. Pages V11, 93. You'd struggle to find a better copy! Size 25 x 19 cms. Weight 646g. See photographs attached.

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The Birds of Eastbourne - Rare first edition signed by author

Publisher

Strange, Baskerville Press, Eastbourne

Publication Date

1936

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Near Fine

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Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books currently offers a large wide-ranging selection of books on many subjects Brian is the author of 26 books on the countryside and wildlife, including his international award-winning Sporting Birds of the British Isles, best-selling Tales of the Old Gamekeepers, and The Great Shoots - Britain's finest Shooting Estates - Past and Present, a classic in its field now in its third, greatly enlarged edition. Brian now deals entirely online and will travel widely to buy books, from single volumes to whole collections. Telephone 01730 923179 or 07773112101, or email brianphilipmartin@yahoo.co.uk

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