PLEASE RING THE BELL. By H. Frank Wallace.

PLEASE RING THE BELL. By H. Frank Wallace.

EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME: THE NARRATIVE OF A SPORTING TRIP FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE BORDERS OF THE MASAI. By Captain Sir John C. Willoughby. Briar Patch Press Edition.

EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME: THE NARRATIVE OF A SPORTING TRIP FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE BORDERS OF THE MASAI. By Captain Sir John C. Willoughby. Briar Patch Press Edition.

A NATURALIST'S LIFE STUDY IN THE ART OF TAXIDERMY. By Rowland Ward, F.Z.S.

1913 1st edition. 4to. Pp227. Frontispiece photograph portrait, b/w plates. Original pictorial cloth gilt.

Rowland Ward's own telling of the story of the famous firm of taxidermists, originally printed for private circulation. It is believed that as few as fifty copies of the first edition were produced. Chapters include; some random collections; progress and develpment of the business - Wardian furniture, famous domestic animals, the mounting of groups; interesting specimens and new discoveries - various specimens (1872-1894), elephants, antelopes, tigers, white rhinoceri, giraffes and okapis, various specimens (1895-1900); wardi; various specimens (1901-1912); some noted big-game sportsmen; author and publisher, scientific collections acquired, presentations to museums, etc.
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Book Code
4375
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Author Ward (Rowland).
Book Code 4375
ISBN No ISBN.
Book Description Corners slightly knocked, slight use but a very good copy.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1913
Publisher Rowland Ward.
Place London.