Henry Stuart Tegner (39 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1951) 1981 2nd edition revised. 4to (190 x 252mm). Ppii,176. B/w plates and illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in dust-wrapper. "In 1951, when first published, this book achieved wide recognition as the standard, indeed the only work devoted to the roe and its stalking. Despite the passage of years, Henry Tegner's originality of thought and far sighted approach still remain fresh and true. It is particularly fitting that one of Henry Tegner's staunchest disciples Richard Prior, himself a world authority on roe stalking, should have consented to revise and bring the text up to date.". PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 25.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1951) 1981 2nd edition revised. 4to (190 x 252mm). Ppii,176. B/w plates and illustrations, bibliography. Olive end-papers, green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly stained and musty but a new unread copy in dust-wrapper. "In 1951, when first published, this book achieved wide recognition as the standard, indeed the only work devoted to the roe and its stalking. Despite the passage of years, Henry Tegner's originality of thought and far sighted approach still remain fresh and true. It is particularly fitting that one of Henry Tegner's staunchest disciples Richard Prior, himself a world authority on roe stalking, should have consented to revise and bring the text up to date." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 25.00.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1981). (1951) 1981 2nd edition revised. 4to (190 x 252mm). Ppii,176. B/w plates and illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. New unread copy in dust-wrapper. From a stock of new books which has been in store for over 30 years and may smell slightly musty. "In 1951, when first published, this book achieved wide recognition as the standard, indeed the only work devoted to the roe and its stalking. Despite the passage of years, Henry Tegner's originality of thought and far sighted approach still remain fresh and true. It is particularly fitting that one of Henry Tegner's staunchest disciples Richard Prior, himself a world authority on roe stalking, should have consented to revise and bring the text up to date." PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 25.00.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). (1961) 1962 CBC edition. 8vo (134 x 216mm). Pp144. B/w photographs & illustrations, b/w wood engravings by Denys Watkins-Pitchford ("BB"). Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in lightly used dust-wrapper. Tegner's observations on the mammals of Durham and Northumberland, including sea mammals, the wild cattle of Chillingham and the wild goats of the Cheviots. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Peter Biegel (illustrator). 1st Edition. Half title page has a gift inscription, else internally in very good condition; cover, blindstamped title on front, has some light shelfwear, backstrip very lightly faded. No wrapper.

Condition: Good. 1961. First Edition Thus. 144 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Laminated pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Light tanning to otherwise clear pages, plates, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1971). 1971 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 216mm). Pp128. B/w photographs, folding map at rear. Pink boards, gilt titles to spine. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Henry Tegner first fell in love with the country around the river Spey many years ago, when he was apprenticed to a firm of engineers in Aberdeen. A keen naturalist, he explored far into the remote glens, studying the flora and fauna with which this beautiful area abounds, and since then he has visited Speyside every year. His book is at once a guide to the region and an account of memorable outings observing wildlife. He has watched golden eagles, red deer and roedeer, foxes, hares, wild cats, and the famous ospreys now nesting there. He also recounts many tales derived from past naturalists who have spent their lives on Speyside, charmed, as he has been, by its ever changing magic. A final chapter is devoted to the Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie where an invaluable collection preserves examples of old Highland dwellings, together with domestic furniture and utensils, hunting equipment, and specimens of the plants from which dyes were obtained for the clan tartans." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, bibliography. Binding B. Red boards, spine titled in black. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "From wide experience and knowledge gained from stalking and shooting with gun and camera, he writes of the game which is the quarry of the hunter in the British Isles - game such as deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon." Chapters include: Red deer; The population of Scottish red deer; Stalking stags; Hinds and hind stalking; Distribution of roedeer; Habits and horns of roedeer; Stalking roe deer; Calling and moving roedeer; Ways of the fallow deer; Pursuit of the fallow; Stalking sika; Wild goats of Britain; Hares of different kinds; What's left of the rabbit; Squirrels and squirrel hunting; The rat and its destruction; Too many corvines; The giant grouse; The wood-pigeon and others; The rifleman's armoury; Unsuitable weapons; Targets and target practice; Trophies and collections; Hunting on the Continent; A humble safari; Venison and cooking; Some bibliography. An essay, Hints on Roe Stalking, is given as an appendix. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, bibliography. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Some use. Good in used dust-wrapper. "From wide experience and knowledge gained from stalking and shooting with gun and camera, he writes of the game which is the quarry of the hunter in the British Isles - game such as deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon." Chapters include: Red deer; The population of Scottish red deer; Stalking stags; Hinds and hind stalking; Distribution of roedeer; Habits and horns of roedeer; Stalking roe deer; Calling and moving roedeer; Ways of the fallow deer; Pursuit of the fallow; Stalking sika; Wild goats of Britain; Hares of different kinds; What's left of the rabbit; Squirrels and squirrel hunting; The rat and its destruction; Too many corvines; The giant grouse; The wood-pigeon and others; The rifleman's armoury; Unsuitable weapons; Targets and target practice; Trophies and collections; Hunting on the Continent; A humble safari; Venison and cooking; Some bibliography. An essay, Hints on Roe Stalking, is given as an appendix. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1978). (1969) 1978 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp107. B/w photographs, illustrations. White pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper. A new unread copy from a stock of books which has been in store for almost forty years. A good natural history of the hare, with excursions into sport and history. "There are three kinds of hare in Britain. The Common or Brown hare, the Blue or Mountain Hare, and the Irish Hare. Hares are numerous in some years and scarce in others. Their overall population in Britain may fluctuate very appreciably from one year to another, but we do not really know as yet just how or why. Does a severe winter reduce the hare population in a marked manner? Or is it some kind of disease which thins down their number? These things we have still to learn." Chapters include: a little nomenclature and biology; Partly historical; The Brown Hare; The Blue Hare; The Irish Hare; Hybrids; The diseases of the Hare; Hares and their ways; Relations to agriculture and forestry; The hunting of the Hare; Beagling and beaglers; Hunting the Hare in Northumberland; Coursing; The shooting of Hares; Americana. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition, in a Good dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). BUYERS OUTSIDE UK please also note the following: 1. shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel 2. many countries apply import or other taxes - these are the buyers responsibility; we may ask for extra payment to cover any taxes which we have to pay 'up front' on the buyer's behalf.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 223mm). Pp192. B/w wood engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. D/w price 21s. net in U.K. only. Rather bumped, gift inscription and browning to end-papers and edges, good copy. Tape repairs to rear of stained and used dust-wrapper. An "informative and discerning book of great charm." Here are Henry Tegner's observations of bird life, primarily in Northumberland, but also in the Balearics and Scotland. "To Do with Birds has 11 large, full-page illustrations and 38 smaller drawings by D. Watkins-Pitchford ('B.B.')." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition thus. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp190,ads. B/w photographs, bibliography. Orange cloth. Cloth stained. A good reading copy in worn price-clipped dust-wrapper. Rifles for deer-stalking and small game in Britain. Includes a nice chapter on books of the chase. Chapters include: Mainly historical; Modern sporting rifles; Sights for sporting ridles; Cartridges and bullets; Care of weapons; Practice makes perfect; Safety precautions; Laws relating to firearms; Telescopes; Binoculars, monoculars and prismatic scopes; Dress for the hunt; Accessories - knives, sticks and ropes; Preparation for stalking; Roedeer; Fallow deer and sika; Names and senses of deer; Waiting for and calling deer; Dogs and deer hounds; Small game and the .22; Hunting costs; Hotels, lodges and caravans; Books of the chase. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, bibliography. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "From wide experience and knowledge gained from stalking and shooting with gun and camera, he writes of the game which is the quarry of the hunter in the British Isles - game such as deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon." Chapters include: Red deer; The population of Scottish red deer; Stalking stags; Hinds and hind stalking; Distribution of roedeer; Habits and horns of roedeer; Stalking roe deer; Calling and moving roedeer; Ways of the fallow deer; Pursuit of the fallow; Stalking sika; Wild goats of Britain; Hares of different kinds; What's left of the rabbit; Squirrels and squirrel hunting; The rat and its destruction; Too many corvines; The giant grouse; The wood-pigeon and others; The rifleman's armoury; Unsuitable weapons; Targets and target practice; Trophies and collections; Hunting on the Continent; A humble safari; Venison and cooking; Some bibliography. An essay, Hints on Roe Stalking, is given as an appendix. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 223mm). Pp192. B/w wood engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. D/w price 21s. net in U.K. only. Slight use and browning. Good-plus in used and stained-dust-wrapper. An "informative and discerning book of great charm." Here are Henry Tegner's observations of bird life, primarily in Northumberland, but also in the Balearics and Scotland. "To Do with Birds has 11 large, full-page illustrations and 38 smaller drawings by D. Watkins-Pitchford ('B.B.')." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). 1962 1st edition thus. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp190,ads. B/w photographs, bibliography. Red cloth. Slight soiling to edges and end-papers. Good. Rifles for deer-stalking and small game in Britain. Includes a nice chapter on books of the chase. Chapters include: Mainly historical; Modern sporting rifles; Sights for sporting ridles; Cartridges and bullets; Care of weapons; Practice makes perfect; Safety precautions; Laws relating to firearms; Telescopes; Binoculars, monoculars and prismatic scopes; Dress for the hunt; Accessories - knives, sticks and ropes; Preparation for stalking; Roedeer; Fallow deer and sika; Names and senses of deer; Waiting for and calling deer; Dogs and deer hounds; Small game and the .22; Hunting costs; Hotels, lodges and caravans; Books of the chase. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w photographs, bibliography. Binding A. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "From wide experience and knowledge gained from stalking and shooting with gun and camera, he writes of the game which is the quarry of the hunter in the British Isles - game such as deer, wild goat, hare, squirrel, grouse and wood-pigeon." Chapters include: Red deer; The population of Scottish red deer; Stalking stags; Hinds and hind stalking; Distribution of roedeer; Habits and horns of roedeer; Stalking roe deer; Calling and moving roedeer; Ways of the fallow deer; Pursuit of the fallow; Stalking sika; Wild goats of Britain; Hares of different kinds; What's left of the rabbit; Squirrels and squirrel hunting; The rat and its destruction; Too many corvines; The giant grouse; The wood-pigeon and others; The rifleman's armoury; Unsuitable weapons; Targets and target practice; Trophies and collections; Hunting on the Continent; A humble safari; Venison and cooking; Some bibliography. An essay, Hints on Roe Stalking, is given as an appendix. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1957). 1957 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp157. Colour frontispiece and plain plates by Frank Wallace, end-paper maps. Brown/maroon boards, spine titled in silver. Spotting and use but good. Lacks dust-wrapper. The story of Tegner's pursuit of a malformed red stag in the wilds of the Central Highlands of Scotland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp159,ad. B/w illustrations by Peter Chadwick, map. Pale sage boards, spine titled in gilt. Inscription, slightly foxed, good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. Hunting novel based in Coquetdale in Northumberland. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Worn dust jacket has chipped edges and is in a protective sleeve, bookseller's pencil marks. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 202mm). Pp174. B/w illustrations by Maurice Tulloch. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Dedication to front end-paper, browning. Good-plus in rubbed, price-clipped dust-wrapper. The story of a Northumberland roe buck. Well written and excellent natural history. Chapters include: The doe travels; The fawn is born; Death of the doe; The fawn is found; Lordenshaw; Autumn; The hunt; Spring; Cragside; The rings; Fagging; Travelling; Back to Cragside; Winter; The song of the blackcock; The fight; The time of the fawning; Does and fawns; Fire on Cragside; The rings again; The calling of the bucks; Lordenshaw again; Cubbing; The trapped doe; Winter; The lichen stone. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppx,146. B/w illustrations by James Alder. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Review slip signed by the author laid in. Slight marks and browning to edges, spine slightly cocked. Good-plus in spine-faded dust-wrapper. Observations of wildlife and the countryside presented as conversations between Tegner and "The Molecatcher." "Who is the Molecatcher? He is a typical countryman of our day, belonging to a generation old enough to have had little formal schooling but possessing a lively and inquiring mind. He is a keen reader and a selective listener-in and looker-in. By reason of his calling - a freelance destroyer of pests - he has had to be a close observer of details, and most of his acquaintances - farriers, farm workers, gamekeepers, grooms, council roadmen, shepherds and sportsmen - have a similar cast of mind." Chapters include:- Moles and myths; The Molecatcher's monsters; The abominable snowman; The seals of the Farne Islands; Some horseflesh; The Molecatcher's dogs; The feline race; The attraction of hybrids; A plague on rats; Hares and their ways; Suburban foxes; The ways of the roe; 'Wild' goats; Badgers' burials; Big weasels; Hedgehogs and hibernation; Little killers; Bat biology; Water voles and some imports; The lives of shrews; Scolopax rusticola; Owls nocturnal and diurnal; Avian visitors; Some fish-lore; The predatory pike; The dwindling frog; A coloured wild-life film. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1955). (1953) 1955 CBC edition. Small 8vo (130 x 200mm). Pp174. B/w illustrations by Maurice Tulloch. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. End-papers browned & cloth slightly faded but a very good copy in very good complete dust-wrapper. The story of a Northumberland roe buck. Well written and excellent natural history. Chapters include: The doe travels; The fawn is born; Death of the doe; The fawn is found; Lordenshaw; Autumn; The hunt; Spring; Cragside; The rings; Fagging; Travelling; Back to Cragside; Winter; The song of the blackcock; The fight; The time of the fawning; Does and fawns; Fire on Cragside; The rings again; The calling of the bucks; Lordenshaw again; Cubbing; The trapped doe; Winter; The lichen stone. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1965). 1965 1st edition thus. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp144. B/w illustration. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. 21s. Owner's name and address label to end-papers, browning to edges and prelims else good-plus in dust-wrapper. A revised edition of "The Buck of Lordenshaw." "Orphaned at birth, the Buck is reared by hand by a farmer's daughter, but returns to the wild on reaching maturity to find, and eventually to lead, a family of roedeer. Around this central theme Mr. Tegner has woven an evocative picture of the wild life of Northumberland its birds, its plants and its animals, and of the forces which threaten to destroy it." Chapters include:- The wanderer; The kid is born; Death in the dawn; The kid is found; The Saughs; The fall of the year; The hunt; The coming of spring; Rhymeside; The mating rings; Companionship; Travelling; Back to Rhymeside; Winter; The singing of the blackgrouse; The battle; The time of the kidding; Does and their kids; Fire over Rhymeside; The rings once more; The calling of the Bucks; Saughs farm again; Cub hunting; The snared doe; Winter; The lichened stone. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). 1951 1st edition. Small 8vo (139 x 203mm). Ppxii,108. B/w photographs, illustrations. Cloth quite stained. Good copy only, lacks dust-wrapper. The author looks at the quarry available to the rifle shooter in Britain, from red deer down to the corvids. Chapters include: History of the rifle; Rifles and ammunition; Telescopes and binoculars; Geese, rooks and others; Rabbits and hares; Game birds; Roe deer; Wild goats and foxes; Red deer; How to get stalking; Miscellaneous. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp159,ad. B/w illustrations by Peter Chadwick, map. Pale sage boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Hunting novel based in Coquetdale in Northumberland. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1969). 1969 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppxii,107. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Browning to edges and end-papers else very good in rubbed dust-wrapper. A good natural history of the hare, with excursions into sport and history. "There are three kinds of hare in Britain. The Common or Brown hare, the Blue, or Mountain Hare, and the Irish Hare. Hares are numerous in some years and scarce in others. Their overall population in Britain may fluctuate very appreciably from one year to another, but we do not really know as yet just how or why. Does a severe winter reduce the hare population in a marked manner? Or is it some kind of disease which thins down their number? These things we have still to learn." Chapters include: a little nomenclature and biology; Partly historical; The Brown Hare; The Blue Hare; The Irish Hare; Hybrids; The diseases of the Hare; Hares and their ways; Relations to agriculture and forestry; The hunting of the Hare; Beagling and beaglers; Hunting the Hare in Northumberland; Coursing; The shooting of Hares; Americana. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). 1953 1st edition. Small 8vo (132 x 202mm). Pp174. B/w illustrations by Maurice Tulloch. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in chipped, price-clipped dust-wrapper. The story of a Northumberland roe buck. Well written and excellent natural history. Chapters include: The doe travels; The fawn is born; Death of the doe; The fawn is found; Lordenshaw; Autumn; The hunt; Spring; Cragside; The rings; Fagging; Travelling; Back to Cragside; Winter; The song of the blackcock; The fight; The time of the fawning; Does and fawns; Fire on Cragside; The rings again; The calling of the bucks; Lordenshaw again; Cubbing; The trapped doe; Winter; The lichen stone. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2000). 2000 1st edition thus. 8vo (154 x 217mm). Pp112,66. B/w illustrations by Ashley Boon. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 300 copies. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "Sporting Respite: Being an account of the diversions of a desk-tied sportsman," was the author's first book, originally published in 1935. It consists of a series of articles, many of them previously published in the sporting magazines of the day, on his brief escapes to the countryside during his first five years working in "the City." Tope and pike fishing, hunting and deer stalking are included. It was published under the name H. Stuart Tegner. "Days with the Deer" is a previously unpublished manuscript on Scottish red deer stalking and Northumbrian roe deer, edited by Richard Prior. The author's daughter, Veronica Blackett (countryside writer "Veronica Heath"), provides a Foreword. This edition was limited to only 300 copies. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1969). 1969 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppxii,107. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in price-clipped dust-wrapper. A good natural history of the hare, with excursions into sport and history. "There are three kinds of hare in Britain. The Common or Brown hare, the Blue, or Mountain Hare, and the Irish Hare. Hares are numerous in some years and scarce in others. Their overall population in Britain may fluctuate very appreciably from one year to another, but we do not really know as yet just how or why. Does a severe winter reduce the hare population in a marked manner? Or is it some kind of disease which thins down their number? These things we have still to learn." Chapters include: a little nomenclature and biology; Partly historical; The Brown Hare; The Blue Hare; The Irish Hare; Hybrids; The diseases of the Hare; Hares and their ways; Relations to agriculture and forestry; The hunting of the Hare; Beagling and beaglers; Hunting the Hare in Northumberland; Coursing; The shooting of Hares; Americana. .