Lot 1381 , Dixon, Charles - The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands. Edition de Luxe (of 100 numbered copies) of the 2nd (enlarged, improved and thorough revised) edition. 41 coloured plates (by Charles Whymper) mounted

° Dixon, Charles - The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands. Edition de Luxe (of 100 numbered copies) of the 2nd (enlarged, improved and thorough revised) edition. 41 coloured plates (by Charles Whymper) mounted on thick paper, subsribers list; original coloured pictorial cloth (spine distressed), thick folio. Sheffield, 1900

£140-180

Condition:
Intermittent marginal spots etc., 42 plates listed (there are 2 'A' plts), although only 41 called for on title and usually catalogued as with this complement; however, this copy lacks plt. xxxv (Pintail Duck and Wigeon); copy No. 31

Sold for £140