BEWICK, THOMAS; DOBSON, AUSTIN [PREFACE.]
A Memoir of Thomas Bewick, Written by Himself. Embellished by Numerous Wood Engravings Designed by the Author for a Work on British Fishes. Quaritch Edition. (Memorial Edition of Thomas Bewick's Works Volume V)
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1887. Second Edition. Original brown hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xxxiii, 393pp. Illustrated with Bewick's woodcuts. Arthur Raistrick library copy (denoted by stamp to title page).. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Rebacked spine - minor scuffing to leather. Previous owner's inscription to fep. Stamp to half title page. Marbled endpapers. Light foxing to prelims. Teg - remaining edges uncut .
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