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PHILLIPS (JOHN C.)
A Natural History of the Ducks, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1922-1926

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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PHILLIPS (JOHN C.)

A Natural History of the Ducks, 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, 102 plates after Frank W. Benson, Allan Brooks, H. Gronvold and others (74 colour), 118 distribution maps (some double-page), tissue guards, contemporary half morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt lettered on spine [Nissen IVB 728; Wood, p.518], 4to, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1922-1926

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Provenance: Sir Peter Scott, stamp on front free endpapers.

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