Charles Whymper’s Egyptian Birds, signed deluxe edition (1909)

This copy of Charles Whymper’s Egyptian Birds (A & C Black, 1909) stands out for two significant bibliographic features:

No. 42 of the rare Deluxe Edition, limited to 100 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the artist-author, Charles Whymper.

The front pastedown bears the elegant, gilded bookplate of Charles Sydney "Punch" Barlow (1905–1979), the prominent South African industrialist, conservationist, and founder of the Barlow Foundation. Barlow was a famous collector of natural history works, particularly ornithological colour-plate books.

220mm x 275mm x 50mm

Deluxe edition; covers worn and faded; corners bumped; top and bottom of spine splitting ; minor foxing throughout; end papers starting to split in the gutter.

R2,000