John Guille Millais: 'British Diving Ducks', London, Longman...

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£340

John Guille Millais: 'British Diving Ducks', London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1913, 1st edition, limited edition, number 326 of 450 copies only, 2 volumes, 74 plates complete (of which 39 coloured and 35 photogravure) by Archibald Thorburn, O. Murray Dixon, H. Gronvold and J.G. Millais, all tissue guarded, folio (41 x 31cm), original polished buckram gilt, top edges gilt, bookplates to front pastedown of Seton Thomson, Esq. (1834-1918), and Carlos Rein Duffau. Anker 342; Mullens & Swann p. 406; Nissen IVB 633; Wood p. 464 ('This beautiful book'); Zimmer p. 436 ('a detailed monograph, beautifully illustrated'). (2)