1987 1st edition. Photographex Inc. Lausanne, Switzerland. 12" x 12". Pp396. Colour & b/w photographs. Half green morocco over velvet boards with steel engraved plate on upper board. Fine copy in gilt-decorated slipcase. (No dust-wrapper). *
Notes: A large and lavish work on gamebird shooting throughout the world. Driven grouse in Scotland, Norfolk partridge, Cornish woodcock and Devon pheasants, gamebird and wildfowl shooting in Holland, Spain, South America, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States from Texas to Alaska. "Profusely illustrated with magnificent photographs by Johnson. There is a stainless steel etching (4" x 4") set into the upper cover; this is a reproduction of a sporting scene by the English Master Engraver - Ken Hunt. It is an international game shooting work, and was marketed to the great and the good of the world's shooting fraternity, with many copies going to the USA, Australia, Spain, Portugal, etc." (Grayling). "The (De Luxe) Sponsoring Subscriber's Edition," Limited to 1000 numbered copies. * The limitation bookplate, signed by Johnson, Wannenburgh and Hans-Juergen Queisser, has a space for the name of the subscriber. In this copy (# 973 / 1000) this has been left blank. It was intended to also issue a trade edition of 4000 copies, but this was never published.
