Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 230

Price Realized: $ 2,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(SPORTING.) Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, Illustrated in a Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings. 4 volumes. Numerous plates, some colored. 4to, contemporary 1/4 green morocco, spines gilt-lettered, joints rubbed, scattered scuffs and stains to boards; top edges gilt, others uncut; by Kelly & Sons; ex-libris Fitz Eugene Dixon with his bookplates. London: Privately Printed for the Author, 1928-37

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signed limited edition, number 151 of 300. Signed by Schwerdt on the limitation. The standard reference to European sporting books, concerned with falconry, wildfowl and game bird shooting, big game hunting, foxhunting, etc.