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London: Country Life, 1935 First Edition First Edition. Signed edition limited to 750 copies for sale of which this is number 481. HB. Tan cloth cover, dark brown spine with gilt lettering, teg. Pale blue dust jacket. 138pp, large quarto. Author's self portrait colour frontis. 16 colour plate reproductions of Peter Scott's paintings, and 46 in b&w, as well as line drawings in text. Some darkening to tan of covers, top of spine damaged with tear through title and it looks as though the cloth has been poorly restuck, some tiny indentations to top. Previous owner's small book plate to front pastedown, also previous owner's inscription to reverse fep. Some light spotting to endpapers. Dust jacket price clipped and heavily tanned. Loss of top 5cm of dust jacket spine has been repaired with similar paper but now lacks title. Similar small repair to bottom 1cm. Damage to the top 5cm of spine. Now in protective sleeve. A Good+ copy in still Good dust jacket.

Country Life, London, 1949. 10th Impression. HARDCOVER. 4to in green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover 138pp, colour portrait frontispiece plus 15 other full page colour plates and 46 mainly full page b/w plates. This copy signed in ink by Peter Scott on the second blank on fly-leaf __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (few spots of very slight foxing to page-block edges) in a slightly dusty and lightly edge-chipped but otherwise VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket (3 short closed edge tears, looks very presentable in its removable transparent protector). __NOTE. Depending on destination, this item may require an extra payment for shipping insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved the extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London: Country Life Limited, 1936. FIRST TRADE EDITION with tipped in signature of Peter Scott on the half title page. Full blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Moderate wear to the extremities. Jacket is not price-clipped but is has been tape reinforced at the top & bottom of the spine and the the top corner. Lightly soiled. Previous owner's bird bookplate on front free endpage, previous owner's signature "Eugene E Murphy" and the note "Given to me by Mrs. Mruphy, Augusta, Aug. 1952". Overall a GOOD book in a GOOD minus jacket. A gift item for the collector who can't afford the "first, first" edition. Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, FZS, (September 14, 1909 – August 29, 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sportsman. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Peter Scott. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.