[Cheloniidae Press]. Alan James Robinson. Gamebirds & Waterfowl, Ten Etchings Hand-Watercoloured by Alan James Rob...

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Artist's Proof, with Ten Hand-Watercolored Etchings and One Original Watercolor

[Cheloniidae Press]. Alan James Robinson. Gamebirds & Waterfowl, Ten Etchings Hand-Watercoloured by Alan James Robinson. [Easthampton, Massachusetts: Cheloniidae, n.d., ca. 1980].

Artist's proof copy, numbered "II" (Roman numeral "two"), signed by Alan James Robinson. Thirteen loose sheets, measuring 11 x 12.5 inches. Ten hand-watercolored etchings by Alan James Robinson, printed by the artist at the Cheloniidae Press. The title page and colophon were printed at the Hampshire Typothetae, Northampton, by Harold McGrath. Prints are numbered and signed by the artist and laid into individual paper wrappers. Also included is an original watercolor of Canada Geese, signed by the artist. All are contained in a chemise and laid in a quarter leather traycase made by Gray Parrot, II.

Loose sheets are collected in a taupe cloth-covered chemise and laid into a gilt-stamped quarter cinnamon leather and taupe cloth clamshell box. Fine.

Birds included in this set are the Canada Goose, the Pheasant, the Grouse, the Woodcock, the Mallard, the Pintail, the Broad-bill, the Redhead, the Canvasback, and the Wood Duck.