FROST, CHRISTOPHER.

A History of British Taxidermy.

Privately published, 1987. 0951226304. Signed limited edition, number 36 of a printing of 1000. The dictionary definition of taxidermy is 'the art of preparing and mounting skins in lifelike manner'. Contents: The Evolution of Taxidermy; Rowland Ward and the Ward family; Other London Taxidermists; Norfolk Taxidermists; Sussex and Taxidermists; Taxidermists from the North East; Irish Taxidermists; Scottish Taxidermists; Birmingham Taxidermists; Nottinghamshire Taxidermists; Peter Spicer of Leamington; Charles Waterton of Wakefield; Hutchings of Aberystwyth; The Shaws of Shrewsbury; Murray of Carnforth; Farren of Cambridge; Hine of Southport; Other Taxidermists in Brief; Personal Recollections; Conclusion. 30cms x 21.5cms x 1cm. Pp.157, signed and numbered frontispiece, many black & white illustrations throughout, facsimile vintage adverstusements endpapers. Dark green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Scarce VG.

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