For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley
Egyptian Birds For the Most Part Seen in the Nile Valley
A & C Black, 1909.
First edition. 4to. Edition de Luxe, being number forty-five of 100 copies signed by the author-artist. Original white buckram lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt, blue silk page marker present. Fifty one colour plates, under captioned tissue guards. A fine copy.
Beautifully observed illustrations of birds, from birds of prey to water birds and warblers. Adam Black wrote to Charles Whymper on 23 March 1909, "It was not our intention to have a large paper edition of the book, but if you have good reason to believe that even one hundred people might want it, it would be worth our while to do it."
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