Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1898) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxix,272. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. An un-numbered out-of-series copy with minor faults - slight use / slight staining due to former exposure to damp / label ghost to front board. A good copy. With a Series Foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a new Introduction by Dr. Nick Giles. A classic on trout and trout fishing. This book is divided into three sections. Written by the Marquis of Granby: Trout Fishing: Fly fishing for trout; Lake fishing; Worm fishing and spinning for trout; River preserving and river poaching; Fishing generalities; Some heavy baskets and big fish; Grayling fishing. Written by Colonel F.H. Custance: Trout breeding: Historical; Rearing, water and hatching house, the hatching apparatus, collection of the ova, hatching, the alevin stage, rearing the fry, ponds, growing the yearlings and two-year olds, travelling; stocking. Concludes with cookery of the trout by Alexander Innes-Shand. Volume 2 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1995, 1995
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1995). (1898) 1995 new edition. 8vo (128 x 196mm). Ppxxvi,267. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, gilt motifs and titles to upper board and spine. Minor faults - slight use / slight staining from former exposure to damp / label ghost to front board. Good. Volume 7 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. "With chapters on the Law of Salmon Fishing by Claud Douglas Pennant and Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand". This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike and perch. Chapters include: Natural history; Eggs for grandmothers; Tackle and equipment; Small Highland streams; Some fishing records; Three fishers, and some big fish; Poaching; Piscator and Venator; The cookery of the salmon; The law as to salmon-fishing. .
Published by Ashford Press Publishing. Southampton. 1986, 1985
ISBN 10: 0907069266 ISBN 13: 9780907069263
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1898) 1986 new edition. Small 8vo (128 x 198mm). Ppxiv,256. Plain plates by Thorburn & Lodge. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt. "The Field Library" edition. Slight soiling to edges, smells slightly musty owing to former exposure to damp else good copy. Chapters include: Natural history of the rabbit; The warren; Ferreting; Shooting; Trapping, snaring, netting and bolting; Poaching, The Ground Game Act; Rabbit-hawking with the goshawk; The cookery of the rabbit. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. New introductory essay on Archibald Thorburn by John Southern. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1996, 1996
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). (1904) 1996 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,298. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations, green end-papers. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight use, label ghost to front boards. Good-plus. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 10 of 12 in "The Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. New introduction by Dr Andrew Hoodless. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1896) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxiv,320. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. Slight end-paper stains, slight use but very good. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. Volume 4 of the 12 volume New Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, deer-stalking by Cameron of Lochiel, stag-hunting by Viscount Ebrington and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1995, 1995
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). (1896) 1995 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxvii,263. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. New introduction by Steven Tapper. Fine unread out-of-series copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting (and hawking) by Hon. Gerald Lascelles, coursing by Charles Richardson, beagling by G.H. Longman, harriers by J.S. Gibbons and cookery by Col. Kenney Herbert. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 9 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1994). (1898) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 196mm). Ppxxviiii,256. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w llustrations, foreword by the Duke of Westminster, 16 page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Fine unread out-of-series copy. "With a chapter on Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. With a chapter on cookery by W. Alexander Innes Shand." This is a nice facsimile reprint of the 1898 first edition, with a series foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a sixteen-page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan of the Game Conservancy's Advisory Service. Chapters include: Natural history of the rabbit; The warren; Ferreting; Shooting; Trapping, snaring, netting and bolting; Poaching, The Ground Game Act; Rabbit-hawking with the goshawk; The cookery of the rabbit. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. This is Volume 3 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 numbered sets. Out-of-series, un-numbered copies of each title were issued singly, this is one of those single copies. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1995, 1995
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). (1898) 1995 new edition. 8vo (128 x 196mm). Ppxxvi,267. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Fine unread out-of-series copy. With a Series Foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a new Introduction by Dr. David W. Summers. Volume 7 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. "With chapters on the Law of Salmon Fishing by Claud Douglas Pennant and Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand." This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike and perch. Chapters include: Natural history; Eggs for grandmothers; Tackle and equipment; Small Highland streams; Some fishing records; Three fishers, and some big fish; Poaching; Piscator and Venator; The cookery of the salmon; The law as to salmon-fishing. PREVIOUS PRICE £33.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1995, 1995
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). (1912) 1995 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,238. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. Fine unread out-of-series copy. Volume 6 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1996, 1996
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1904) 1996 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,298. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations, green end-papers. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. A fine un-numbered, out-of-series, copy. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 10 of 12 in "The Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. New introduction by Dr Andrew Hoodless. PREVIOUS PRICE £33.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1994). (1898) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxix,272. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. Fine unread out-of-series copy. With a Series Foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a new Introduction by Dr. Nick Giles. A classic on trout and trout fishing. This book is divided into three sections. Written by the Marquis of Granby: Trout Fishing: Fly fishing for trout; Lake fishing; Worm fishing and spinning for trout; River preserving and river poaching; Fishing generalities; Some heavy baskets and big fish; Grayling fishing. Written by Colonel F.H. Custance: Trout breeding: Historical; Rearing, water and hatching house, the hatching apparatus, collection of the ova, hatching, the alevin stage, rearing the fry, ponds, growing the yearlings and two-year olds, travelling; stocking. Concludes with cookery of the trout by Alexander Innes-Shand. Volume 2 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1896) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxiv,320. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is a fine out-of-series, un-numbered copy. Volume 4 of the 12 volume New Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, deer-stalking by Cameron of Lochiel, stag-hunting by Viscount Ebrington and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994, 1994
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1994). (1905) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxxiii,278. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations, foreword by the Duke of Westminster, 21 page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan. Green boards, spine & upper board titled in gilt. A fine un-numbered, out-of-series, copy. "With chapters on shooting the duck and the goose by W.H. Pope. Cookery by W. Alexander Innes Shand." This is a nice facsimile reprint of the 1905 first edition, with a series foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a twenty-one page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan of the Game Conservancy's Advisory Service. Sections by L.H. de Visme Shaw: Shooting the Duck - at sea, inland and on the shore, preserving and luring the duck; The duck in the decoy; Natural history of the goose. W.H. Pope: Shooting the goose; Shooting the duck and the goose afloat by night; Shooting the duck on Continental waters. Alexander Innes-Shand: Cookery of ducks and geese. This is Volume 5 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 numbered sets. Out-of-series, un-numbered copies of each title were issued singly, this is one of those single copies. PREVIOUS PRICE £33.00.
Published by Ashford Press Publishing. Southampton. 1986, 1986
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1986). (1896) 1986 new edition. Small (128 x 198mm). Ppxiv,263. Plain plates by G.D. Giles, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt. "The Field Library" edition. Very good. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting (and hawking) by Hon. Gerald Lascelles, coursing by Charles Richardson, beagling by G.H. Longman, harriers by J.S. Gibbons and cookery by Col. Kenney Herbert. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. New introductory essay on Archibald Thorburn by John Southern. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1993, 1993
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1895) 1993 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxix,265. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations. New introduction by P. Robertson & M. Woodburne. Slight use but good-plus. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Chapters include: The Pheasant in History; The Pheasant of the Woodlands; Old-World Fowling; Poaching in the Nineteenth-Century Style; How to Show Pheasants; How to kill Them; Wild-bred and Hand-reared; Policy and Protection; Landscape and Larder; and the Cookery of the Pheasant. Volume 1 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. Volume 1 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. .
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1993, 1993
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1993). (1893) 1993 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxix,265. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. New introduction by P. Robertson & M. Woodburne. Fine unread out-of-series copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Chapters include: The Pheasant in History; The Pheasant of the Woodlands; Old-World Fowling; Poaching in the Nineteenth-Century Style; How to Show Pheasants; How to kill Them; Wild-bred and Hand-reared; Policy and Protection; Landscape and Larder; and the Cookery of the Pheasant. Volume 1 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. Volume 1 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1995, 1995
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). (1894) 1995 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxviii,293. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine & upper board in gilt. Fine new out-of-series copy. The book is divided into three sections, Natural History by the Rev. H.A. Macpherson, Shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, and Cookery by George Santsbury. Natural History of the Grouse: in praise of the grouse; the manners of the grouse; the grouse and its enemies; plumage of the grouse; grouse-becking. Shooting the Grouse: 'the Scotch Mail'; 'over dogs'; Scotch driving; English driving; ground, stock and poaching; the fringe of the moor; records and remarks. This is volume 8 of the 12 volume Game Conservancy edition of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1895, 1895
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppx,265,ads. B/w plates after Archibald Thorburn. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. A nice cover but the edges of the text block are stained throughout so a good reading copy only. Bookplate. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Chapters include: The Pheasant in History; The Pheasant of the Woodlands; Old-World Fowling; Poaching in the Nineteenth-Century Style; How to Show Pheasants; How to kill Them; Wild-bred and Hand-reared; Policy and Protection; Landscape and Larder; and the Cookery of the Pheasant. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. .
Published by Ashford Press Publishing. Southampton. 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 090706924X ISBN 13: 9780907069249
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1895) 1986 new edition. Small 8vo (128 x 198mm). Ppxiii,265. Plain plates by Thorburn, b/w illustrations. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt. "The Field Library" edition. Very good copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Chapters include: The Pheasant in History; The Pheasant of the Woodlands; Old-World Fowling; Poaching in the Nineteenth-Century Style; How to Show Pheasants; How to kill Them; Wild-bred and Hand-reared; Policy and Protection; Landscape and Larder; and the Cookery of the Pheasant. New introductory essay on Archibald Thorburn by John Southern. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1895, 1895
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). (1894) 1895 2nd edition. Ppviii,293,ads. Engraved plates by A.J. Stuart-Wortley & Archibald Thorburn. Original pictorial cloth gilt. Small snag to spine, marks to edges, slightly rubbed but good-plus. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by George Saintsbury. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co., London. 1898, 1898
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 195mm). Ppx,256 + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. B/w illustrations by Thorburn, Whymper, Lodge and Alken. Binding A. Oatmeal coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. * First issue. The advertisements at the rear list nine titles in the series. Spine slightly frayed, inner hinges tender. Some use but a good copy. Natural history and sport. Another fine title in this excellent series. Chapters include: Natural history of the rabbit; The warren; Ferreting; Shooting; Trapping, snaring, netting and bolting; Poaching; The Ground Game Act; Rabbit-hawking with the goshawk; The cookery of the rabbit. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. * First issue. The advertisements at the rear list nine titles in the series. The list of titles at the front, and the ads at the rear, list Wildfowl as a forthcoming title, citing the author as the Hon. John Scott-Montagu. Later issues list eleven titles, and and include Wild Fowl (two words) with the actual eventual author, L.H. de Visme Shaw. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co., London. 1898, 1898
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 195mm). Ppx,256 + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. B/w illustrations by Thorburn, Whymper, Lodge and Alken. Binding A. Oatmeal coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. * First issue. The advertisements at the rear list nine titles in the series. Cloth very clean and bright, but end-papers have been replaced so good only. Natural history and sport. Another fine title in this excellent series. Chapters include: Natural history of the rabbit; The warren; Ferreting; Shooting; Trapping, snaring, netting and bolting; Poaching; The Ground Game Act; Rabbit-hawking with the goshawk; The cookery of the rabbit. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. * First issue. The advertisements at the rear list nine titles in the series. The list of titles at the front, and the ads at the rear, list Wildfowl as a forthcoming title, citing the author as the Hon. John Scott-Montagu. Later issues list eleven titles, and and include Wild Fowl (two words) with the actual eventual author, L.H. de Visme Shaw. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1895, 1895
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). (1895) 1912 reprint. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppx,265. B/w plates after Archibald Thorburn. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red & brown, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. This reissue is titled in red (rather than gilt) and has white end-papers. Front end-paper browned but a very good copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Chapters include: The Pheasant in History; The Pheasant of the Woodlands; Old-World Fowling; Poaching in the Nineteenth-Century Style; How to Show Pheasants; How to kill Them; Wild-bred and Hand-reared; Policy and Protection; Landscape and Larder; and the Cookery of the Pheasant. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include the volumes, Salmon, Trout, and, Pike and Perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1912, 1912
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). (1898) 1912 reprint. Small 8vo. (130mm x 197mm). Ppx,272. Engraved plates by J.E. Grace & from photographs. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red & brown, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. White end-papers. Slightly used. Good. With chapters on breeding by Colonel F.H. Constance and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Featherand Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to includevolumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1896, 1896
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1893). (1893) 1896 3rd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 195mm). Ppviii,276 + ii pp + ii pp ads for Badminton Library & other sporting books + 32pp undated publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. Cloth slightly faded and bumped, bookplate, ownership inscriptions from 1898. Good-plus. Chapters on natural history by the Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by George Saintbury. Subjects include; Natural history - the partridge at home and abroad, in the fields, courtship, nests, partridges as pets, colours, poaching. Shooting - 'arma virumque cano,' form good and bad, driving, walking-up, ground, stock, poaching, some records and comparisons, 'verbum sap.' Cookery of the partridge. This series of monographs, by the most experienced sportsmen of the day, are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on the British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on Salmon, Trout, and Pike and Perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1906, 1906
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). (1906) 1912 re-issue. Small 8vo (135 x 195mm). Ppxiv,238 + 4pp ads at rear. Engraved plates by G.D. Giles and Archibald Thorburn. Engraved plates by Archibald Thorburn and G.D. Giles. Pictorial cloth titled in brown & red (gilt omitted), white end-papers. Spine darkened, end-papers browned and with ownership marks, but a good copy. Natural history and sport. Another fine title in this excellent series. Chapters include: The natural history of the fox; The education of the fox; The mind of the fox; How to preserve foxes; Home and haunts of the fox; The hunted fox; The fox as a captive, and notes on mange; The fox as outlaw; The fox in fable; Cousin Jack; The fox and his fur; Hunting the fox. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1896, 1896
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1896). (1896) 1912 3rd impression. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppx,263. Engraved plates by G.D. Giles, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red & brown, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, white end-papers - uniform with other titles in this series. Spine darkened and end-papers browned o/w a very good copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting (and hawking) by Hon. Gerald Lascelles, coursing by Charles Richardson, beagling by G.H. Longman, harriers by J.S. Gibbons and cookery by Col. Kenney Herbert. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1896, 1896
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First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1896). 1896 1st edition. Ppx,320,ads. Engraved plates by J. Charlton & Archibald Thorburn. Original light tan pictorial cloth gilt. Some scribbling / crossing-out on prelims o/w a good copy. Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, deer-stalking by Cameron of Lochiel, stag-hunting by Viscount Ebrington and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Featherand Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1896, 1896
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1893). (1893) 1912 reissue of 1896 3rd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 195mm). Ppviii,276. Engraved plates by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red & brown, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Spine titled in red (rather than gilt, and white end-papers. No advertisements at rear. Spine darkened else a very good copy. Chapters on natural history by the Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by George Saintbury. Subjects include; Natural history - the partridge at home and abroad, in the fields, courtship, nests, partridges as pets, colours, poaching. Shooting - 'arma virumque cano,' form good and bad, driving, walking-up, ground, stock, poaching, some records and comparisons, 'verbum sap.' Cookery of the partridge. This series of monographs, by the most experienced sportsmen of the day, are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on the British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on Salmon, Trout, and Pike and Perch. .
Published by Longmans, Green, & Co. London. 1896, 1896
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1893). (1893) 1896 3rd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 195mm). Ppviii,276 + ii pp + ii pp ads for Badminton Library & other sporting books + 32pp undated publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series. Spine slightly faded and stained but a very good copy. Chapters on natural history by the Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting by A.J. Stuart-Wortley and cookery by George Saintbury. Subjects include; Natural history - the partridge at home and abroad, in the fields, courtship, nests, partridges as pets, colours, poaching. Shooting - 'arma virumque cano,' form good and bad, driving, walking-up, ground, stock, poaching, some records and comparisons, 'verbum sap.' Cookery of the partridge. This series of monographs, by the most experienced sportsmen of the day, are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on the British game species. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" part way through publication when it was decided to include volumes on Salmon, Trout, and Pike and Perch. .