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190455454London: Rowland Ward Ltd. 1904. Tall 8vo. xvi 292 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 44 photos and plates 1 large folding map in rear pocket. Green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine simulated Zebra skin endpapers minor bumping to corners edgewear slight spotting on the spine still VG copy. First edition of this excellent early account of hunting on the Kenai Peninsula including descriptions of Alaskan Native Americans salmon cannery operations and more. Radclyffe had acquired a permit from the Bureau of Biological Survey with the USDA in order to collect big game specimens for the British Museum and the account was dedicated to a longtime fellow hunter and friend Theodore Roosevelt. The author details his experiences with hunting Alaskan Brown Bears Grizzly Bears Moose Dall Sheep and running afoul of the zealous US Deputy Marshal Sexton a stickler for the new game regulations instituted on the Kenai in 1903 not to mention destroying the distilling operation of Alaskan hunter & miner Andrew Berg. He managed to survive a charging bear sow after being abandoned by his guide as well as the Alaskan courtroom but his companions were not so lucky as the judge ruled that the permit did not extend to the hunting party. Radclyffe returned later to hunt Alaska on the Kenai in August 1910 employing Andrew Berg as his head guide. See: Catherine Cassidy Alaska’s No. 1 Guide: The History and Journals of Andrew Berg 1869-1939 pp. 28-29 38. Rowland Ward Ltd., hardcover
201226660Pasadena CA: Deeply Game Productions 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 1 of 7 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. Sara Press is a photographer printer and book artist whose work addresses science nature and the intricacies of our culture. This is a suite of four etchings by Ms. Press that depict contemporary mixed-martial-arts fighters. The accompanying text has been appropriated from a panther / bear fight advertising poster from the 1850s. The text describing animal fights is juxtaposed with the prints of human fighters to make an important statement on violence. The typeface is designed by Dan Mayer. Letterpress printed on a Vandercook No. 3 Proof Press. The loose prints and text pages are housed in a solid maple box with title burnt into the lid. Unpaginated. ARTISTSBOOKS/030613. Deeply Game Productions hardcover
189941810Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers 1899. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles stamped in blind string tied. Maps very good with small splits at corner folds colors bright in very good portfolio with small soiled spot on front and some sunning to spine. 1 colored map on 2 joined sheets 102 x 121 cm. Each map is 32 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Issued in portfolio 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches with cover title: Map of the Catskill Preserve. Engraved by J.Y. McClintock and W.L. Lawton. Over four feet if joined scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. Shows patents lots names of landowners and town boundaries subdivided into tracts. Shows street names and railroads. Compiled from "Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany N.Y. by Authority of the Fisheries Game and Forest Commission." The first meeting of the Forest Preserve Commission was held on September 23 1885 and a tabulation of the state ownership did not exist yet; in 1892 the State provided $250 the Forest Commission "for completing the public path leading to the summit of Slide mountain Ulster County included within the preserve." and in a 1893 budget bill Chapter 726 the State provided $1000 "For the expenses of examination of title and survey of lands owned by the state on Slide Mountain in Ulster County and other parts of the Catskills." which lead to the creation of this first map of the Catskill Forest Preserve. Quite detailed and in remarkably good condition. Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers hardcover
192846832Asheville/ Madison: Game Fowl News 1928-63. Paperback. Good. 74 issues all complete with moderate to heavy wear with serious defects noted. Older issues are heavily darkened at the edges with some minor to moderate paper loss with the latter moderately tanned and lightly rubbed with some wear at the extremities. <br/><br/>Volume Four: November 1928 Number 4 December 1928 Number 10 January 1929 Number 11 February 1929 Number 12; Volume Five: March 1929 Number One to Eight front wrap of two detached numbers 10 and 11 December 1929 and January 1930; Volume Six: March 1930 Number One. April 1930ink stamp on front Number 2 September 1930 Number 7 October 1930 Number 8 front wrap detached rear lacking November 1930 Number 9 front wrap detached February 1930 Number 12; Volume Seven: May 1931 Number 2 June 1931 Number 4 front wrap detached July 1931 Number 5 January 1932 Number 11 February 1932 Number 12 wraps separated; Volume Eight: March 1932 Number 1 tear to edge; Volume Nine: January 1934 Number 11 wraps split at spine; Volume Ten: Numbers 1-4 March 1934-June 1934; Numbers 6-8 August 1934-October 1934; Number 9 and 10 November-December 1934; Volume 15: Number 9 November 1939 wraps detached Number 8 October 1939 Number 10 December 1939; Volume 16: Number Three May 1940 dampstained Number 6 August 1940 Number 7 September 1940 Number 11 January 1941; Volume 18: Numbers 9-12 November 1942-February 1943; Volume 19: Number 1 March 1943 Numbers 3-5 May 1943-July 1943; Volume 23 Number 2 April 1947; Volume 29: Number 3 May 1953; Volume 33: Number 4 June 1957 Number 5 July 1957 Number 10 January 1958 Number 11 February 1958; Volume 35: Number 2 April 1959 Number 4 June 1959 Number 7 October 1959; Volume 36: Number on March 1960 Number 2 April 1960 Number 8 November 1960 front wrap damaged and detached Number 9 December 1960; Volume 37: Number 2 April 1961 Number 5 July 1961 Number 8 November 1961 Number 11 February 1962; Volume 38: Number 2 April 1962 Number 9 December 1962 Number 11 February 1963; Volume 39: Number 1 March 1963 Number 3 May 1963 Number 6 August-September 1963. Game Fowl News paperback books
74055E-287. Hardcover. Very Good. Portfolio. Folio. 1902. 70 loose color plates. Bound in cloth slipcase. Slipcase is lightly worn. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Plates are chipped and worn with several 1-2'' closed tears present to a few plates. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Published in 1902 it contains work of someof the finest natural history artists of the time such as Sherman Denton Oliver Kemp and J. L Ridgeway and Louis Fuentes. The 12 x 9 3/8" prints are in very good conditions colors are bright with just some wear to some edges. This portfolio only contains 70 chromolithograph plates of song birds game birds ducks big game fish and other wildlife.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
189941810Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers 1899. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles stamped in blind string tied. Maps very good with small splits at corner folds colors bright in very good portfolio with small soiled spot on front and some sunning to spine. 1 colored map on 2 joined sheets 102 x 121 cm. Each map is 32 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Issued in portfolio 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches with cover title: Map of the Catskill Preserve. Engraved by J.Y. McClintock and W.L. Lawton. Over four feet if joined scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. Shows patents lots names of landowners and town boundaries subdivided into tracts. Shows street names and railroads. Compiled from "Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany N.Y. by Authority of the Fisheries Game and Forest Commission." The first meeting of the Forest Preserve Commission was held on September 23 1885 and a tabulation of the state ownership did not exist yet; in 1892 the State provided $250 the Forest Commission "for completing the public path leading to the summit of Slide mountain Ulster County included within the preserve." and in a 1893 budget bill Chapter 726 the State provided $1000 "For the expenses of examination of title and survey of lands owned by the state on Slide Mountain in Ulster County and other parts of the Catskills." which lead to the creation of this first map of the Catskill Forest Preserve. Quite detailed and in remarkably good condition. Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers hardcover books
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 63 plates and folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SISTER WITH HER LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT RECORD.
18096214<p>This is an original linen-backed folding map game published in London in 1809 by William Darton.</p><p>Overall 25 1/2 x 21 inches. It is an early example of the "Cartographic Game" genre that became very popular in later Victorian England. The map folds and fits into the original slipcase with printed label. The rules are printed in columns at the sides. The object of the game is to move tokens originally in the shape of pyramids their landing place determined by use of a teetotum called a <em>totum </em>at that time and read about the region upon which one landed. It was both competitive and educational.</p><p>Early map games such as this have become very scarce. Most did not survive since they were children’s toys. This one is in remarkably good condition. There is a light stain in the lower left of the map part and general light age-toning but the colors are bright and crisp. The linen backing is sound and the folds are intact. The original slipcase has two printed paper labels.</p> Darton, William unknown books
192018567Paris, Société d’Editions Artistiques de tourisme et de Sport ; imprimerie de Vaugirard et Dijon, chez l’Auteur, 1920 ; in 8 carré, bradel demi chagrin rouge sang de boeuf, couverture illustrée et dos conservé, non rogné (reliure moderne) ; XXXVI, 338 pp., [1] ff. achevé d’imprimer ; 2 eaux-fortes H.T, 6 illustrations H.T en couleurs et 3 contrecollées sur carton gris, en noir ou en couleurs et très nombreuses illustrations en noir ou en couleurs, in texte ou à pleine page.
190025498Madrid: La Caza Ilustrada 1900.- Año IV: desde el nº 76 10 de enero de 1900 hasta el nº 110 20 de diciembre de 1900; 4º mayor 27 cm.- En total son 30 fascículos que abarcan el año completo a falta de 5. Se venden todos como colección conjunta al precio indicado. Como se indica faltan 5 números para completar el año. Su estado de conservación es muy bueno sobre todo dado el tiempo transcurrido y que los fascículos se hallan sueltos. CAZA Y PESCA Libro en español La Caza Ilustrada paperback
88 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1935232905London: Putnam Covent Garden 1935. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs. 208 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs. 208 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Putnam, Covent Garden unknown books
M., Gráficas Rubio Chaulé, 1958, 40 págs. + 1 h. (Reproduce la obra: Carta en que se describen unas cacerías memorables en la Villa de Trigueros y se copian varias Cédulas de los Reyes Católicos sobre los cazadores del Lomo del Grullo, escrita por Fernando Belmonte y Clemente en 1888. Conserva cubiertas originales. Tirada de 200 ejemplares numerados en papel de hilo). Sigue: Bibliografía Española de Caza (1889-1958). Por Dámaso Gutiérrez Arrese. M., Gráficas Rubio, 1958, 77 págs. + 4 h. (Conserva cubiertas originales. Tirada de 250 ejemplares en papel de hilo). Ambas obras en un tomo, 24,5 x 17,5 cm., hol. piel chagrín.
057592Paris Rombaldi éditeur 1987 in 4 (29,5x22,5) 15 volumes reliures skyvertex rouge ornées de l'éditeur. Collection complète de bandes dessinées en noir et blanc et en couleurs, par: Gérard Lauzier, Lucques, Pichon, Belom, Claude Serre, Michel Bridenne, Jean-Claude Forest, G. Levis, Georges Pichard, Milo Manara, Magnus, Guido Crepax, Paul Cuvelier, Eric Stanton, Carlo, Philippe Cavell, Jim, Jean-Claude Servais, Philippe Caza, Wojtek. Ensemble en bel état
57992London: Printed for T. Boosey 1813. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 21 x 13.5 cm. ppxviii3822 publishers adverts. Full contemporary calf rebacked spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt sides with decorative gilt border. 2 black & white engravings illustrating chess-boards. Ex libris Adam Smith Annand with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Binding scuffed occasional light spotting heavier to prelims and endpapers generally a good solid copy. Jacob Henry Sarratt 1772 - 6 November 1819 was one of the top English chess players of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Sarratt was renowned as a player and author and adopted the title "Professor of Chess". He was the first professional player to teach chess in England. He introduced into England the chess rule that a stalemate is a draw which was commonly used on the continent of Europe. He coined with his works of 1813 and 1821 the term Muzio Gambit. He was a pupil of Verdoni and later the teacher of William Lewis and Peter Unger Williams. Includes translations of Questo libro e da imparare giocare a schachi e de le partite 1512 by Damiano Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del axedrez 1561 by Lopez and Il puttino 1634 by Salvio. Whyld and Ravilious 1813:2 London: Printed for T. Boosey, 1813. hardcover
19432018Austin TX: Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission 1943 thru 1992. 1st Ed. Paperback. Various. Pattern. See Description No DJ. Texas Game and Fish Magazine Collection by Texas Game & Fish Commision. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission Austin TX 1943 thru 1992. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. No Pg Count. A collection of 424 magazines. Most of the magazines are in very good to very fine condition however some have their covers loose only one is missing its front cover. These magazines are published by the State of Texas therefore there are few advertisements. CONTACT SELLER REGARDING SHIPPING COSTS - books weigh 88 lbs. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2018. Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission paperback
1990149761990. Higinbotham William A. Signed typescript of Frederic D. Schwartz's 1990 article on the origins of early video games documents the role of a nuclear physicist in the development of interactive electronic entertainment later associated with Pong. Higinbotham a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory created an oscilloscope-based tennis simulation in 1958 as part of public demonstrations designed to make atomic research accessible and non-threatening during the Cold War. The document situates the origins of video gaming within a government laboratory environment connected to earlier wartime research including instrumentation work linked to the Manhattan Project. The text provides primary evidence of how scientific expertise developed for military and nuclear purposes contributed to the emergence of recreational digital technologies.<br /> <br /> Higinbotham William A. Signed typescript of "Remember Pong" by Frederic D. Schwartz. New York: Invention and Technology Magazine 1990. Three pages signed on page three "Best Wishes William A. Higinbotham Feb. 8 1991." The article opens: "Remember Pong In 1972 it became the first successful video-arcade game. In reality though it was invented in 1958. by a man named William Higinbotham." The text describes Higinbotham's position overseeing instrumentation design at Brookhaven and explains the development of a "tennis game with the court displayed on an oscilloscope's screen." It further notes the institutional context of government employment stating that patent rights would have belonged to the federal government preventing personal ownership of the invention.<br /> <br /> Produced at the end of Higinbotham's life the signed typescript frames early video game history through the perspective of a scientist who had witnessed the first atomic test and later advocated for nonviolence and nuclear restraint. The article connects Cold War scientific culture with the emergence of interactive media emphasizing how technologies designed for warfare and research environments were adapted for public engagement and entertainment. Higinbotham's stated intention to create a nonviolent diversion underscores a countercurrent within late twentieth-century debates over digital media and violence positioning the document within broader discussions of ethics in technology development. Light wear from handling; stapled at upper left; text and signature clear; overall in very good condition. unknown
14976Inventor of the landmark computer game Pong. Type Script Signed by Higinbotham 3 page -1990 "Invention and Technology Magazine" article by Frederic D. Schwartz about Higinbotham's role in the origin of computer games. <br/><br/>Schwartz's article begins "Remember Pong In 1972 it became the first succesful video-arcade game.In reality though it was invented in 1958 in a laboratory in then-rural Upton New York by a man named William Higinbotham." According to this article Higinbotham was integral to the birth of successful modern video games as the article explains that "Higinbotham was in charge of instrumentation design at Brookhaven National Research Laboratory BNL a government supported nuclear-research facility.To assure people that they were in no danger and that their crops would not mutate the laboratory ran tours to show how useful important and safe its research was." Higinbotham's contribution based on his desire " to liven things up" was computer based "tennis game with the court displayed on an oscilloscope's screen. For a man who had helped develop the first radar systems and designed timing devices for the Manhattan Project's atomic bomb it was a simple matter to plan the necessary circuitry and within a couple of days the game was finished." So Pong was born. As the article explains however Higinbotham was in a difficult position regarding the game's ownership. As a government employee he could not register a patent in his own name as "Uncle Sam would have owned it." <br/><br/>Higinbotham who had "witnessed the first test detonation at Los Alamos" and was "determined to reduce the awesome threat that nuclear weapons posed to the world" had attempted to create a game of non-violence. He lobbies and speaks against violent games and nuclear weapons and as the article concludes "It's nice to be the patriarch of Pong. But if current trends continue and his scientific efforts end up leading to a peaceful world Willy Higinbotham will have accomplished something much greater." The typescript is signed on page 3 by Higinbotham in his hand: "Best Wishes William A. Higinbotham Feb.8 1991." An interesting association piece which reveals how work on global issues such as nuclear energy intersected with the invention of peaceful computer technologies designed for diversion and entertainment. Stapled on upper left corner. In very good condition. unknown books
182021196041820. Published by J. & E. Wallis 42 Skinner Street London and J. Wallis Junr. Marine Library Sidmouth. 1820. Original engraved sheet game circa 61 x 46cm mounted in sections on original linen folded and housed in the original buff card slipcase with publisher's onlaid engraved and handcoloured pictorial label to one side; a striking and decorative Georgian table or chase game which is composed of 53 pictorial compartments surrounding the elaborately engraved title and printed rules of the game; both game and slipcase in uncommonly fresh condition with some slight toning dusting and a few marks and some light staining to the reverse side the slipcase in unusually fresh condition; scarce in this condition; without the additional explanatory rules booklet which is frequently the case.Third edition with No 53 described in the rules as ""1820. Buonaparte on board the Bellerophon"". Later editions of the book of rules have 3 spaces added: 54. George IV. Plans of London Improvements submitted to the King; 55 William IV. Negro Slavery abolished throughout the British Dominions; 56 Victoria l. May her reign be long and happy. The game would have required a teetotum and counters but these were not supplied by the publisher Whitehouse 25. unknown
1018OXWRQN1Hardcover. Good. American Sports Publishing Co. 1911. No other edition or printing stated. Red cloth HC in no DJ. Gilt and embossed titles on cover read simply: Base Ball ---- A. G. Spalding. Probably first trade edition with no reader's marks Homer C. Davenport cartoons loads of bw pics 3 foldouts pristine. Front hinge starting on this notoriously heavy book. Touch of soiling at page ends. No DJ as issued. Spalding photo frontis. hardcover
Milano, Fratelli Dumolard, 1887, 23 x 16 cm., hol. piel, puntas, XI – 907 págs. con 117 ilustraciones intercaladas.
AQ20891s.i. Dorset: s.n. 1798 Single leaf broadside. Uncut but for gutter margin. Old folds and slight marginal creasing soiling to verso else a fine copy completed in manuscript. With three embossed tax stamps totalling 3 Guineas to upper margin. Leading Anglo-Catholic Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle's 1750-1810 certified permit for the killing of game endorsed by William Burnet Clerk of the Peace for Dorset. The Game Acts of 1784 1785 and 1791 made possession by of an annual game killing certificate for compulsory under pains of a £20 fine for both 'Gentlemen' and Gamekeepers wishing to engage in such activities. Registers of those who had paid Game Duty were kept by local Clerks of the Peace transmitted to the Commissioners of Stamp Duty and in many cases published in local newspapers. Weld is better known for his philanthropic activities - notably with the Society of Jesus - and his famous library at Lulworth Castle which at one point housed both the Lutrell Psalter and the Bedford Hours. . Dimensions 330 x 200 mm. [s.n., 1798] unknown
195018318Monsterbeskyttet: Kaj Kjeldsen No date circa 1950. The game board with an impressive pop-up circus tent featuring Dumbo in the center preparing for his famed “burning building leap†and decorated with colorful characters from the movie. Included game pieces featuring colourful characters and an instruction sheet in Danish. 19 by 19 inches fold-up cardboard game board and a colorful pictorially decorated paper-board box containing the Dumbo playing pieces a die and an instruction sheet. One sheet of playing instructions in Danish. The pop up board is in lovely condition some wear to the small box of playing pieces. A WELL-PRESERVED DISNEY GAME and one featuring one of the studio’s most beloved animal characters. Dumbo is of course the baby elephant who could fly. Although the rules are in Danish the game is fairly simple to figure out and appears to be essentially complete. The main attraction here however is the fabulous pop-up circus scene which serves as a centerpiece to the playing-board. Kaj Kjeldsen] unknown
190268475London: Rowland Ward Limited 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 531; 12pp. Large octavo 23 cm Bound in plain red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Blue and white animal-patterned endpapers. Covers a bit cocked. Text block has dropped. Endpapers cracked along the hinges and hinges going. Text block just starting to crack at p. 177. Bookbinder's small ticket on the rear pastedown. With folding map loose and tucked in with a 10" closed tear along the horizontal center fold. Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton 1866-1940 was an explorer big game hunter naturalist and anthropologist and founder of the Quex Museum Birchington the Powell-Cotton Collection. He spent most of his life exploring and traveling throughout the world as well as undertaking multiple overseas collecting expeditions. In total Powell-Cotton undertook 27 expeditions spanning half a century. From the early 1880s he was very much concerned with taking and developing his own photographs.<br /> <br /> Signed by the author's son Christopher on the half title. Rowland Ward, Limited hardcover
191441080London: Rowland Ward and Co. Limited "The Jungle" 166 Piccadilly W. 1914. Seventh edition. Illustrated. 532 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original beige cloth pictorial patterned endpapers. Lovely copy. With the publisher's accompanying "Note Book" bound in patterned paper wrappers matching the endpapers laid in. Seventh edition. Illustrated. 532 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, "The Jungle," 166 Piccadilly, W. unknown books