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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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). 1906 1st edition. 8vo (129 x 197mm). Ppxiv,238,ads. Engraved plates by Archibald Thorburn and G.D.Giles. 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. Spine slightly darkened, boards clean and presentable. Modern owner's bookplate, slight browning to edges, plate p61 pasted back in. Good-plus 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. 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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1896). (1895) 1896 2nd 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. Slight use and foxing but a very good bright 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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1896). 1896 1st edition. 8vo (129 x 198mm). Ppx,320,ads. Engraved plates by J. Charlton & Archibald Thorburn. Original light tan pictorial cloth gilt. Spine slightly shaken, gutter of fep split slightly, sporting bookplate, tear to frontis tissue guard. Slight foxing but cloth bright and presentable, good-plus 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. .

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. Small end-paper label 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. .

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 slightly soiled. Good-plus. 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1894 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppviii,293 + 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by Stuart-Wortley & Thorburn. Half green morocco over light green cloth, titled in gilt, top edge gilt, small gilt grouse vignette on upper board, patterned end-papers, silk marker. Some browning, previous owner's name 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo. (130mm x 197mm). Ppx,267 + 32 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by Douglas Adams and Charles Whymper. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Black end-papers. Slight snag to top of spine, corners slightly rubbed else a very good first edition 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. 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. .

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. 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 or early issue. No advertisements at rear. Nine titles listed on half-title verso. Spine darkened and quite foxed but a good clean 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. .

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. Very good copy. Small library bookplate of The Hirsel, residence of Lord Home. Pencil notes by Ron Coleby. 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. .

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 slightly faded else 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. .

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 + 4pp ads for Badminton Library and Fur, Feather & Fin series. 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. Spine slightly shaken, slight foxing to prelims and edges. Cloth bright and presentable, a good-plus 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo. (130mm x 197mm). Ppx,272 + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by J.E. Grace & from photographs. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Black end-papers. Spine rubbed & slightly faded, some browning, inner hinges slightly tender but a good-plus copy. With chapters on breeding by Colonel F.H. Constance and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. There were reprints of "The Trout" in 1899, 1904, 1909, 1912. These are also usually available. 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. 8vo (128 x 194mm). Ppx,278+iv+vi pp publisher's catalogue. B/w plates after Archibald Thorburn & Charles Whymper. Binding B. Half green morocco over light green cloth, titled in gilt, top edge gilt, small gilt waterfowl vignette on upper board, patterned end-papers, silk marker. The half green morocco library binding. The spine has been replaced so a good working copy. Pencil notes of bookseller R.J.W. Coleby. "By L.H. de Visme Shaw, with chapters on Shooting the Duck and the Goose by W.H. Pope, [and] Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. With eight illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper." Series Editor was Alfred E.T. Watson. Chapters include: Natural history of the duck; Shooting the duck at sea; Shooting the duck inland and on the shore; The duck in the decoy; Natural history of the goose; Shooting the goose; Shooting the duck and the goose afloat by night; Shooting the duck and the goose on Continental waters; Cookery of ducks and geese. 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1903). (1903) 1912 reprint. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppx,298. Engraved plates after Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Cloth titled in brown & red (gilt omitted). This reissue has white end-papers and no advertisements at rear. Cloth slightly stained but bright, Very clean internally. 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. .

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 + 4pp ads for Badminton Library and Fur, Feather & Fin series. 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. * Later issue, c. 1904 or 1905. The advertisements at the rear list eleven titles in the series. Slight foxing, contemporary owner's name to half-title page but a very good clean 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. * Later issue, c. 1904 or 1905. The advertisements at the rear list eleven titles in the series. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo. (130mm x 197mm). Ppx,272 + 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by J.E. Grace & from photographs. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Black end-papers. Preliminary pages browned o/w a very good clean copy. With chapters on breeding by Colonel F.H. Constance and cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. There were reprints of "The Trout" in 1899, 1904, 1909, 1912. 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 and perch. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1894 1st edition. 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppviii,293,ads. Engraved plates by A.J. Stuart-Wortley & Archibald Thorburn. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series, black end-papers. Slight browning but a very good copy. 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 first edition of Grouse appeared with "Fur and Feather" on the front cover in 1894, and the second edition with "Fur, Feather and Fin" in 1895. The cover design remained otherwise unchanged. The series was renamed "The Fur, Feather and Fin Series" when it was decided to include volumes on salmon, trout and pike & perch. .

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 + 4pp ads for Badminton Library and Fur, Feather & Fin series. 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. * Later issue, c. 1904 or 1905. The advertisements at the rear list eleven titles in the series. A very 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. 8vo (128 x 194mm). Ppx,278+iv+48pp publisher's catalogue. B/w plates after Archibald Thorburn & Charles Whymper. Cream end-papers. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Some small spots to rear board, spine slightly darkened, front board clean and bright. Slight browning to end-papers, text block uncut. Very good. Chapters include: Natural history of the duck; Shooting the duck at sea; Shooting the duck inland and on the shore; The duck in the decoy; Natural history of the goose; Shooting the goose; Shooting the duck and the goose afloat by night; Shooting the duck and the goose on Continental waters; Cookery of ducks and geese. 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1898). 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo. (130mm x 197mm). Ppx,267 + 32 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by Douglas Adams and Charles Whymper. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown & gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, uniform with other titles in this series. Black end-papers. Slight foxing to edges, ownership inscription. Very good. 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. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1896). 1896 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppx,263 + 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Engraved plates by G.D. Giles, Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Binding B. 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 - with 24pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated 4/96. Small ink name stamp to upper board & title-page but a very good copy. Bookplate of falconry book collector Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. 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. .