The Great and Small Game of India, Burma, & Tibet.

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

signed limited edition 'A sumptuous rendering of south Asia's wild game species in art and text. Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes on sport from the experiences of Demidoff, Darrah, Valentine, and others. The hand-coloured plates are especially striking' (Czech). First edition, no. 200 of an edition limited to 250 copies signed by Rowland Ward; 4to; 9 hand-coloured lithograph plates; contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, title to upper board in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate removed from front pastedown; xviii, 416pp. Czech (Asian), p129; Nissen ZBI 2607.

• Binding: Hardcover

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