The Mandarin Duck (Signed First Edition)
by Christopher SAVAGE ; Frontispiece and Foreword By Peter SCOTT
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1952. Handsigned / dated by the author to the title page "Christopher Savage 17 Sep 56". Illustrated with photographic plates and black and white drawings by the author. Colour frontispiece and dustwrapper illustration by Peter Scott. Very Good, clean, tight condition, with no other inscriptions. In Good original dustwrapper which has fading to the spine and edge chips / tears, but is not price-clipped (Published price 25s).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 937
- Title
- The Mandarin Duck (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- Christopher SAVAGE ; Frontispiece and Foreword By Peter SCOTT
- Illustrator
- Peter SCOTT & Christopher SAVAGE
- Format/Binding
- Original red boards, lettered in silver to the cover and spine. In unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black / A & C Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 78
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bird ; Birds ; Ornithology ; Wildlife ; Duck ; Ducks ; Wildfowl ; Wildlife
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Refund issued on receipt of returned item.
About the Seller
Itchen Books
Biblio member since 2019
Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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