Millais, John G.
British Diving Ducks
£425
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913. First edition, one of 450 copies only, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, 74 colour, photogravure or collotype plates after Archibald Thorburn and others, spines faded, volume 1 headcap frayed, a few marks to sides, spotting to a few plates and adjacent text-leaves [Mullens & Swann p. 406; Nissen IVB 633; Zimmer p. 436];
Rickman, Philip. A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches. [Holt]: Curpotten Limited, 1979. First edition, one of 500 copies signed by the artist, folio, original crushed green half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 32 colour plates and photographic portrait (all mounted), slipcase;
Boot, Jeremy (illustrator). Nocturnal Birds of Australia. [By] Richard Schodde, Ian J. Mason. Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980. First edition, one of 750 copies signed by the authors and artist, folio, original leatherette, with a limited edition print by Jeremy Boot (one of 500, signed by Boot) laid in (4)