London Gerald Howe 1926
This is the fine vellum-bound edition on handmade paper. Ornamental gilt panel to upper board, and gilt title to spine. Limitation of 1050 copies, this is one of the 105 on handmade paper- and is numbered #103. Signed to the limitation page by the illustrator, Robert Sargent Austin. Top of page edges gilt. In original slipcase. 29 woodcuts, including frontispiece, title page, and colophon; plus numerous decorated initials. The boards are slightly bowed, but the vellum is in very good condition. Slipcase is slightly soiled. Internally the book is clean and bright, with no inscriptions or other markings. 150 pages. 235 x 155 mm (9Œ x 6 inches).
Couverture souple. Broché. 47 pages. 12 x 18 cm.
Livre en anglais. Number one of the "Tally ho", books for children. Pictures by Robert Austin. Published by J. Fairston, Vers 1940.
[ Chez H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson] - ELLIOT, Commodore Robert ; ROBERTS, Emma ; (Prout ; Stanfield ; Cattermole ; Purser ; Cox ; Austin)
Reference : 57917
(1835)
Dessinées par Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austin &c. sur les esquisses originales du Commodore Robert Elliot, accompagnées d'un texte historique et descriptif par Emma Roberts, traduit par J. F. Gérard, M.A., 2 vol. in-4 reliure éditeur de l'époque demi-chagrin bordeaux, toutes tranches dorées, Chez H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, Newgate-St, s.d. [ circa 1835 ], frontispice colorié, titre gravé, 68 pp. avec 32 planches ; frontispice, 64 pp. et 29 planches
Bon exemplaire bien complet des 64 planches finement gravées, dont un frontispice colorié (rel. lég. frottée, rares rouss., très bon état par ailleurs).
Cape Town, The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 1984. 14,8 x 22 cm, LII-848 pages, 74 pl. h.t. coul., 1 carte h.t. coul., cartes in-t., Hard Cover + dustjacket.
VG++/VG+ [P-18]
Cape Town, Trustees of the South African Bird Book Fund, 1957 [published date: 1957]. Hardcover + DW 8vo. xxxviii, 504pp, colour frontis, 27 double-sided and one single-sided colour plates, 4 double-sided b/w plates, text maps. Original buckram lettered in red, ep maps.- Very fine copy.
VG+++/VG+ [EN-2/3] Revised edition - First impression