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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. tidy copy -d/j some chipping top edge -some slight stains to d/j -scans available.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 5th or later Edition. Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. London: Rowland Ward Ltd, 1935. Hardback. Condition: good. The dust jacket is in good condition, but has an open tear to the top rear of the spine, and closed tears to the top front of the spine and small closed tears to the base of the spine. The dust jacket is slight faded and has general wear for its age. The boards are in very good condition, in brown cloth with gilt lettering. The contents are in very good condition, with some slight foxing to the page edges at the top. This edition is signed by a previous owner, Lt-Corporal C. Rowland and there's a reference to p.302, where the owner, who was then a captain, is shown in the records (see pictures for details).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. An early volume from Rowland Ward's important 'Records of Big Game' series. This copy is signed by the editor J.B Burlace. From the library of Captain J and C Brocklehurst with a gift inscription from the editor to the recto of front endpaper. From the library of the Brocklehurst family, which includes noted explorer Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst and noted hunter and author H.C Brocklehurst.This is the tenth edition which comprises African and Adiatic specimens only. Edited by Guy Dollman and J.B Burlace.Ward was a British taxidermist and founder of Rowland Ward Limited. He published many big-game hunting narratives and natural history works. This series, 'Records of Big Game' started in 1892 and continued to the twenty-first century.This work contains measurements of game animals worldwide and was the pioneering book of its kind. The first edition of this work was titles 'Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World'. In addition to measurements there are anecdotes from hunters and naturalists regarding species, geographical variations, subspecies, weights and measurements.Ward's 'Records' was a valuable resource for hunters as field guides were not usually published. Therefore, this work was the handbook for knowing what mammals could be found worldwide across the Empire.As the series progressed, the 'Big Game Narratives' were also a celebration and who's who of big game hunting. Many notable people entered their trophies to be mentioned such as King George V, Sir Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt. Every specimen in the work has the owner's name listed next to it.A fantastic signed copy of this important game enchiridion. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelfwear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. None (illustratore). signed by author. book.…

Cloth. Condizione: Collectible; Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. The 1935 Tenth edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG (with light foxing to the preliminaries and along the gutters) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown (with just a bit of loss to the lettering) and along the panel edges. Still though, solid and very presentable. Thick octavo, 408 pgs. "Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights and Horn & Tusk Measurements".…