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CHARLES DIXON GAME BIRDS and WILD FOWL of the BRITISH ISLES (1900 England)

[Illustrated By: Charles Whymper]
Pawson & Brailsford, Sheffield 1900
Second Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. . 9"x10" Hard-backed, original brown pictorial boards, of a flying Mallard and a Pheasant in the long grass, and gilt lettering to spine. Red & Black ink to title page. With 41 full page Coloured plates, representing 56 illustrations of birds, all drawn especially for this the second edition, printed on hand made paper; the colours are rich and the birds are all in appropriate environments. The first edition of 1895 had only 13 coloured plates. Dixon and Whymper worked together on a number of books, to mention some: Our Rarer Birds, 1888; Lost and Vanishing Birds, 1898; Bird Life in a Southern County, 1899; Among the Birds in Northern Shires, 1900 & Bird life in a Southern County, 1900. "Every naturalist may not be a sportsman, but there are certainly very few sportsmen that are not, or do not eventually become, ardent naturalists... A man who would be a successful sportsman must be familiar with the ways of the creatures that furnish his sport; not only so, the constant chase of a bird and beast, in nine cases out of ten, creates a desire for knowledge, and a wish to know something more of their economy". Charles Dixon. Pp 476, light foxing to p's 475 &6; corners rubbed and a 1 inch tear to the upper spine and bumped to lower. The boards, plates and pages are all very clean.

gbp 385.00 (Pound Sterling)