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British Duck Decoys of Today, 1918 [actually given on the titlepage as 'To-Day' ] by Whitaker, J., F.Z.S., of Rainworth, Notts., Vice-President of the Selborne Society - 1918

by Whitaker, J., F.Z.S., of Rainworth, Notts., Vice-President of the Selborne Society

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British Duck Decoys of Today, 1918 [actually given on the titlepage as 'To-Day' ]

by Whitaker, J., F.Z.S., of Rainworth, Notts., Vice-President of the Selborne Society

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
London: The Burlington Publishing Co., Ltd.,, 1918 145mm x 215mm tall (5.5" x 8.5"). Pp (vi), 138 with a b/w frontispiece plate, plus 9 further b/w photographs, 6 illustrations in line & 22 plans of named decoys. Very minor rubs to hd/tl of spine and a small repaired snag to the foot of the back board. Otherwise good, in the original blind-ruled, green cloth-covered boards/darkened gilt spine title. With the colour-printed bookplate of the Author Thorsten Sjölin to the front pastedown. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Sm 8vo.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Burlington Publishing Co., Ltd.,
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1918
  • Keywords Noisbn Duck Decoy Waterfowl Fowl Trapping Trap Traps Game Gamekeeping Technology Natural History Boarstall Raisworth Lodge Local History Thorsten Sjolin Ivythorne Oakly Park Ashby Wretham Borough Fen Silverhill Langtown Cumberland Thirkleby Hornby Orielto
  • Size Sm 8vo