HENRY WILLIAMSON'S COPY: TEGETMEIER (W B): 'Pheasants, ...

Hammer

£190

HENRY WILLIAMSON'S COPY: TEGETMEIER (W B): 'Pheasants, their Natural History & Practical Management..', London, Horace Cox, 1881: 2nd edition, inscribed to front FE in red ink 'Richard Williamson from Henry Williamson, Christmas 1947'...adding: 'I used this book when writing the Phasian Bird': publishers red cloth gilt blocked in black, aeg, worn and rubbed, 4to: together with a second copy of the same edition in variant blue cloth, inscribed to FE 'Henry Williamson Old Hall Farm Stiffley Norfolk 1936-1945': plus a copy of 'Pheasants, their Natural History & Practical Management', London, Field Press, with Henry Williamson's ownership at Georgeham, N.Devon in purple ink on front FE, below which in red ink 'Warning..if this book is sold by any unauthorised person it will have been stolen from the owner, as above', adding below in green ink 'this is written because several of H W's own books have in the past appeared in second-hand bookseller's lists - books that had been filched from the owner..': publishers green cloth gilt lettered, 8vo: with 3 others related, from the estate of the Williamson family. (6)