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Lot 87: Riviere, B. B. A History of the Birds of Norfolk. H. F. & G. Witherby, 1930. First Edition.

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This octavo volume, authored by B. B. Riviere, provides a comprehensive ornithological record for the county of Norfolk. The work contains sixteen plates and a map in colour, including a frontispiece titled Montagu’s Harriers after a painting by J. C. Harrison. Published in London by H. F. & G. Witherby in 1930, the copyright page confirms the first edition status with the statement First published October 1930 and displays the publisher’s sheep device. The book is bound in the publisher’s original red cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and decorative bands to the spine. The publisher’s name, WITHERBY, is stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine.