Verlag: Lonely Planet, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787017877 ISBN 13: 9781787017870
Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: Deutsch, 1982
ISBN 10: 0233973907 ISBN 13: 9780233973906
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. By The Author (illustrator). Dust jacket is covered in brodart plastic. Pages are clean and intact.
Hardcover. Zustand: Good.
Verlag: Adamant Media Corporation, 2001
ISBN 10: 0543960536 ISBN 13: 9780543960535
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1888
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1888. Popular Edition. 335 pages. No dust jacket. The Wild Sports and Natural History of the Scottish Highlands. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are moderately tanned with notable foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with rubbing and a few small nicks along text block edge. Pencil inscription to front paste-down. Mild cracking to hinge and gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Light tanning and notable insect damage to spine.
Verlag: John Murray, 1849
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1849. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional damp stains. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has heavy damp and dust stains. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to cloth with loss at spine ends.
Verlag: United Artists, Beverly Hills, CA, 1971
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1971 British film, showing actors Charles Gray and Jill St. John, alongside an unknown henchman. Based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel. The seventh James Bond adventure and the second of four directed by Guy Hamilton, following 007 as he pursues a diamond smuggling ring in Las Vegas. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.
Verlag: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1888
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1888. Popular Edition. 335 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable cracking to gutters & hinges with exposed netting. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Water staining and scratching to pastedowns. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends and corners. Gilt lettering is bright. Book has a slight forward lean. Water staining to boards.
Verlag: David Douglas, 1884
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1884. No Edition Remarks. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. There is black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper with slight dog-eared pages throughout. Visible tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and light water damage to rear. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine.
Verlag: New York University), (New York, 1986
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Guest edited by Howard Norman. Perfectbound wrappers. 130pp. Spine lightly sunned, else fine. Poetry, short stories, and more by David St. John, Carol Snow, Raymond Queneau, Charles Bernstein, Boris Pasternak, Daniel Hoffman, Jennifer Clarvoe, Herbert Morris, Suzanne Gardinier, Lydia Davis, Paul Lake, Richard Jones, Lisa Lewis, Martin Greenberg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Norman Finkelstein, Clark Coolidge, Jane Mead, Christopher Benfey, Russell Banks, Sven Birkerts, Wendy Lesser, and John Berger.
Verlag: Pequod), (Forest Knolls, California, 1974
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Perfectbound wrappers. 170pp. Fine. Poetry, short stories, and more by David St. John, Carol Snow, Raymond Queneau, Charles Bernstein, Boris Pasternak, Daniel Hoffman, Jennifer Clarvoe, Herbert Morris, Suzanne Gardinier, Lydia Davis, Paul Lake, Richard Jones, Lisa Lewis, Martin Greenberg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Norman Finkelstein, Clark Coolidge, Jane Mead, Christopher Benfey, Russell Banks, Sven Birkerts, Wendy Lesser, and John Berger.
Verlag: John Murray. London. 1907, 1907
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1907). (1846) 1907 popular edition. 8vo (136 x 205mm). Ppxx,314,ads. B/w illustrations. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in decorative gilt. Cloth stained and worn, hinges rather tender, name to end-paper. Reading copy only. A fascinating perspective on sport and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands around the mid 19th century. Contains chapters on angling lochs and lakes for trout, salmon and char; upland shooting for snipe, grouse and pigeons, etc; deer stalking and shooting; wildfowling; poaching and gamekeeping; seal shooting; falconry, etc. The natural history of the region is also covered, with descriptions of the various game animals, birds, and fish which dominate the area. .
Verlag: Andre Deutsch. London. 1982, 1982
ISBN 10: 0233973907 ISBN 13: 9780233973906
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Illus. By The Author (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition thus. 4to. (195mm x 258mm). Pp 192. Illustrated with 32 pages of of St. John's own watercolour paintings of birds and animals, and with his b/w drawings, chestnut end-papers. Chestnut boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used. Good in slightly faded dust-wrapper. Foreword by Robert Dougall, Editor's Note by Antony Atha.". taken from the three published books of Charles St. John. and traces the changes of nature throughout the year". ". St. John left a number of unpublished sketchbooks in colour, pencil, and pen and ink, filled with the birds and animals he so loved. He was not a trained artist but his sketches have great life and charm. ". .
Verlag: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 1885652127 ISBN 13: 9781885652126
Paperback. Volume 1 only. Good; slight pencil underlining. 388 pp.
Verlag: David Douglas, 1884
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1884. Second Edition. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, slightly heavier to first and last few pages. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor white marking to front board and spine. Book is slightly forward leaning.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1849
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are marked and scored. Spine is worn and faded. Lettering plate is detached and laid-in. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Leading corners, spine sides and endpaper hinges are split, but binding remains intact. Previous owner's details penned on reverse of FEP. Pages are lightly marked. Text is clear throughout. HJW. Used.
Verlag: MGM Home Entertainment GmbH (dt.), 2003
Anbieter: Eichhorn GmbH, Möhnesee, Deutschland
Videokassette. Guter Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 173.
Verlag: The Field Library. Ashford Press Publishing. Southampton. 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 0907069673 ISBN 13: 9780907069676
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1846) 1986 facsimile of the 1893 edition. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxxxvi,319. Illustrated with b&w plates & vignettes by Harrison Weir, Charles Whymper & others. Purple cloth, titled & decorated in gilt on spine & upper board. Minor faults, slight use and browning, good-plus. This is Charles St. John's famous description of the Highlands in the early years of the nineteenth century. "What at present renders (this book) especially valuable is that Scotland and the Scotch fauna have considerably changed during the last half-century. The variety and abundance of wild life here described can never again be seen. Fortunately a true picture of that departed past is preserved in St. John's vivid narratives. .Thus many animals and birds which were sufficiently common in St. John's time are now rare and seldom seen. It has been thought advisable, therefore, in this edition to add a few notes in order to illustrate the instincts or traits of these creatures, their prevalence or scarcity. Some more general remarks have also been appended here and there to clear up any obscurity or bring out associations which might otherwise have been forgotten. .The additional notes of the author, marked C. St. J., are printed word for word from an interleaved copy of Jermyn's manual of British Vertebrate animals. They are interesting as showing the exactitude and brevity of St. John's notes. At times they also throw further light upon the text." Chapters include: Highland lakes, small lochs ravens, wildcats, char, night fishing, trolling large trout on Loch Ness, flies, fishing with the otter (board); Roe; Grouse, partridge, marten cat, stags snaring grouse; The wild cat; Poaching in the Highlands; Salmon fishing, flies, fly making; Owls of various species, shrike, reptiles; Peculiarites and instincts of different animals; Eagles and falcons; Hen harriers, kestrels, merlins, hobbies; Otters (the mammal, this time); Weasels, ferrets, martens, stoats; Anecdotes and instincts of dogs, retrievers, shepherds' dogs; Wood pigeons, their increase, other species of pigeon; Wild ducks; Birds that come in spring, pewits, ring dotterels, redshanks, oyster catchers, curlews, redstarts, swallows, etc; Sheldrakes, teals, landrails, cuckoos, nightjars, quails, grebes, coots, water hens, water rails; Wild geese, different kinds of wild geese, black headed gulls, birds that breed on the river banks; The sandhills of Morayshire, foxes, roe deer; Death of my first stag; The Findhorn River; Migration of birds in October, swan shooting; Water ouzels, kingfishers, terns; The Muckle Hart of Benmore; Different kinds of gulls, the boatswain gull; Woodcock, snipe, jack snipe; Seals, anecdotes, seal shooting, catching seals; Fox hunting in the Highlands; The badger; Autumn day on the mountain, stags and hinds, death of the stag; Peculiarities and instincts of different animals, knowledge of change of weather; Coursing deer; Tameness of birds when sitting; Variety of game. .
Verlag: Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1955
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Topedge faintly soiled, spine and board edges a bit sunned, corners lightly bumped, very good in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with tanning and small stains on the spine and modest edgewear. Seventh annual issue with contributions by Robert Frost, Robinson Jeffers, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Hillyer (tie for first prize), Phyllis McGinley (tie for first prize), Alastair Reid (third prize), Dannie Abse, John Ciardi, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Maureen Duffy, Charles Edward Eaton, Brendan Gill, Anthony Hecht, Louis Johnson, David Justice, Adrienne Rich, Iain Crighton Smith, Leonora Speyer, William Stafford, Peter Viereck, John Hall Wheelock, James Wright, C.K. Stead (first prize, Undergraduate Poetry) and more.
Verlag: Mysterious, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0892960264 ISBN 13: 9780892960262
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Gilt spine titles. Introduction by Philip José Farmer. Illustrations by Lewis R. Higgins. A modest bump at the crown else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with faint white marks on the front panel and minor creasing along the top edge. Sherlock Holmes pastiche.
Verlag: London: Andre Deutsch, 1982
Anbieter: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (brown boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 10¼" x 7¾" (1 kg); 192pp; Edited by Antony Atha; Preface by Robert Dougall; Contains: Colour plates; Black & white drawings; Chapter headpieces; ISBN: 0-233-97390-7 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #104502|| Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper lightly sunned at the spine with the price clipped.
Verlag: London: Simpkin: Marshall and Co, 1891
Anbieter: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 320p hardback, red cloth, fair condition, general wear commensurate with age, spine sunned and frayed at ends, binding intact but loose with some tape repair, pages in place and clear and bright, illustrations clear and sharp, decent well-used copy of uncommon title Language: English.
Verlag: Published, 1894
Anbieter: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Booklet. Zustand: Fair. 18p essay, removed from binding, dis-bound item, solid, with illustration and folding plate, very good, salvaged from a broken up volume, clean, with on similar by Trowbridge Language: English.
Verlag: Hamilton Adams & Co., London, & Thomas D. Morison, Glasgow. 1888, 1888
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1888). (1846) 1888 "Popular edition." 8vo (140 x 205mm). Pp335 + 12pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Not illustrated. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning and use but a very good copy. A fascinating perspective on sport and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands in the early years of the 19th century. Contains chapters on angling in loch and river for trout, salmon and char; shooting snipe, grouse and pigeon, etc; deer stalking and shooting; wildfowling; poaching and gamekeeping; seal shooting; falconry, etc. The natural history of the region is also covered, with descriptions of the various game animals, birds, and fish which dominate the area. .
Verlag: Wayasbah Hamburg, 1987
ISBN 10: 3925682066 ISBN 13: 9783925682063
Anbieter: ralfs-buecherkiste, Herzfelde, MOL, Deutschland
Paperback. Zustand: Wie neu. 340 Maya Ex-Library. Cover with marks of a removed label. Guter Zustand/ Good Ex-Library. Cover with marks of a removed label. ha1073589 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
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A nicely illustrated edition of this popular natural history. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.5 lb. Very good, lower corner bumped, no dust jacket. Introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell. Fifty illustrations including 30 tipped-in color plates. 8vo., 26.5x19.5 cm/ xiv, [16], 472 pp. + 4 pp. ads. Gray cloth, gilt spine title black cover titles, stag illustration on cover.
Verlag: T.N. Foulis, 1919, 1919
Anbieter: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 7¾ ins). Original black decorated tan cloth, top edge brown (some discolouring on boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 471, illus with tipped-in coloured plates and b&w illus in text (no inscriptions).
Verlag: John Murray. London. 1893, 1893
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1893). (1846) 1893 9th edition. Large 8vo (165 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,319. Frontispiece portrait, text engravings by Harrison Weir, Charles Whymper & others. Binding B. Dark green cloth, titled in gilt on spine & upper board, top edge gilt, page edges uncut. Slightly bumped, spine faded, browning internally but good copy. This is Charles St. John's famous description of the Highlands in the early years of the nineteenth century. "What at present renders (this book) especially valuable is that Scotland and the Scotch fauna have considerably changed during the last half-century. The variety and abundance of wild life here described can never again be seen. Fortunately a true picture of that departed past is preserved in St. John's vivid narratives. .Thus many animals and birds which were sufficiently common in St. John's time are now rare and seldom seen. It has been thought advisable, therefore, in this edition to add a few notes in order to illustrate the instincts or traits of these creatures, their prevalence or scarcity. Some more general remarks have also been appended here and there to clear up any obscurity or bring out associations which might otherwise have been forgotten. .The additional notes of the author, marked C. St. J., are printed word for word from an interleaved copy of Jermyn's manual of British Vertebrate animals. They are interesting as showing the exactitude and brevity of St. John's notes. At times they also throw further light upon the text." Chapters include: Highland lakes, small lochs ravens, wildcats, char, night fishing, trolling large trout on Loch Ness, flies, fishing with the otter (board); Roe; Grouse, partridge, marten cat, stags snaring grouse; The wild cat; Poaching in the Highlands; Salmon fishing, flies, fly making; Owls of various species, shrike, reptiles; Peculiarites and instincts of different animals; Eagles and falcons; Hen harriers, kestrels, merlins, hobbies; Otters (the mammal, this time); Weasels, ferrets, martens, stoats; Anecdotes and instincts of dogs, retrievers, shepherds' dogs; Wood pigeons, their increase, other species of pigeon; Wild ducks; Birds that come in spring, pewits, ring dotterels, redshanks, oyster catchers, curlews, redstarts, swallows, etc; Sheldrakes, teals, landrails, cuckoos, nightjars, quails, grebes, coots, water hens, water rails; Wild geese, different kinds of wild geese, black headed gulls, birds that breed on the river banks; The sandhills of Morayshire, foxes, roe deer; Death of my first stag; The Findhorn River; Migration of birds in October, swan shooting; Water ouzels, kingfishers, terns; The Muckle Hart of Benmore; Different kinds of gulls, the boatswain gull; Woodcock, snipe, jack snipe; Seals, anecdotes, seal shooting, catching seals; Fox hunting in the Highlands; The badger; Autumn day on the mountain, stags and hinds, death of the stag; Peculiarities and instincts of different animals, knowledge of change of weather; Coursing deer; Tameness of birds when sitting; Variety of game. .
Verlag: John Murray. London. 1847, 1847
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1847). (1846) 1847 Home and Colonial Library reissue. Small 8vo (120 x 180mm). Pp281. Unillustrated, top edge gilt. Contemporary half-leather binding in brown leather and green cloth, raised bands with gilt ruled borders and gilt titles to spine. Bash to top edge of front board, front hinge of spine worn and loosening, owner's book-plate (Frederick J.O. Montagu), slight browning internally, almost imperceptably tiny "Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly" stamp to reverse of front free end-paper - applied after the edges were ploughed, so probably their binding. Good. This looks like a contemporary re-bind for a private library, and one which employed someone to look after it, judging by some professional-looking pencil markings to the title-page verso. Volume XVIII in the Home and Colonial Library. This is Charles St. John's famous description of the Highlands in the early years of the nineteenth century. "What at present renders (this book) especially valuable is that Scotland and the Scotch fauna have considerably changed during the last half-century. The variety and abundance of wild life here described can never again be seen. Fortunately a true picture of that departed past is preserved in St. John's vivid narratives. .Thus many animals and birds which were sufficiently common in St. John's time are now rare and seldom seen." From the preface to the ninth edition. Contains chapters on angling in loch and river for trout, salmon and char; shooting snipe, grouse and pigeon, etc; deer stalking and shooting; wildfowling; poaching and gamekeeping; seal shooting; falconry, etc. The natural history of the region is covered in detail, with descriptions of the habits of life of the various game animals, birds, and fish which dominate the area. .
Verlag: John Murray. London. 1924, 1924
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1924). (1846) 1924 reprint of 1907 popular edition. 8vo (135 x 205mm). Ppxx,314,ii pp ads. B/w plates. Red cloth, spine titled in black with grouse motif. Spine slightly faded and bumped, slight use but good-plus. This is Charles St. John's famous description of the Highlands in the early years of the nineteenth century. "What at present renders (this book) especially valuable is that Scotland and the Scotch fauna have considerably changed during the last half-century. The variety and abundance of wild life here described can never again be seen. Fortunately a true picture of that departed past is preserved in St. John's vivid narratives. .Thus many animals and birds which were sufficiently common in St. John's time are now rare and seldom seen. It has been thought advisable, therefore, in this edition to add a few notes in order to illustrate the instincts or traits of these creatures, their prevalence or scarcity. Some more general remarks have also been appended here and there to clear up any obscurity or bring out associations which might otherwise have been forgotten. .The additional notes of the author, marked C. St. J., are printed word for word from an interleaved copy of Jermyn's manual of British Vertebrate animals. They are interesting as showing the exactitude and brevity of St. John's notes. At times they also throw further light upon the text." Chapters include: Highland lakes, small lochs ravens, wildcats, char, night fishing, trolling large trout on Loch Ness, flies, fishing with the otter (board); Roe; Grouse, partridge, marten cat, stags snaring grouse; The wild cat; Poaching in the Highlands; Salmon fishing, flies, fly making; Owls of various species, shrike, reptiles; Peculiarites and instincts of different animals; Eagles and falcons; Hen harriers, kestrels, merlins, hobbies; Otters (the mammal, this time); Weasels, ferrets, martens, stoats; Anecdotes and instincts of dogs, retrievers, shepherds' dogs; Wood pigeons, their increase, other species of pigeon; Wild ducks; Birds that come in spring, pewits, ring dotterels, redshanks, oyster catchers, curlews, redstarts, swallows, etc; Sheldrakes, teals, landrails, cuckoos, nightjars, quails, grebes, coots, water hens, water rails; Wild geese, different kinds of wild geese, black headed gulls, birds that breed on the river banks; The sandhills of Morayshire, foxes, roe deer; Death of my first stag; The Findhorn River; Migration of birds in October, swan shooting; Water ouzels, kingfishers, terns; The Muckle Hart of Benmore; Different kinds of gulls, the boatswain gull; Woodcock, snipe, jack snipe; Seals, anecdotes, seal shooting, catching seals; Fox hunting in the Highlands; The badger; Autumn day on the mountain, stags and hinds, death of the stag; Peculiarities and instincts of different animals, knowledge of change of weather; Coursing deer; Tameness of birds when sitting; Variety of game. .