Description: Click here to see our other books! Fur and Feather and Fin Series The Hare, The Salmon, The Pheasant, The Trout, The Partridge, The Grouse Various 1894-1904 Longmans, Green, and Co. : London 8" by 5.5" viii, 263pp, 24pp; vi, 293pp, 24pp; iv, 276pp, 24pp; 267pp, 32pp; viii, 265pp, 24pp; SUMMARY Six volumes of the 'Fur and Feather and Fin Series' series regarding game animals from Longmans, Green and Co. All in the original uniform decorative cloth bindings and with information on the natural history of each animal, the shooting, coursing, hunti Decorative Binding,First Edition,Illustrated Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 3 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 36.99 EU Postage: £ 25.99 European Postage: £ 27.99 Asia Postage: £ 47.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 69.99 DESCRIPTION The Hare (1896) has its 'Natural History' section written by Rev. H A Macpherson, 'Shooting' by the Hon Gerald Lascelles, 'Coursing' by Charles Richardson, 'Hunting' by J S Gibbons and G H Longman and 'Cookery' by Col. Kenney Herbert. 'The Grouse' (1894) has its 'Natural History' by Rev H A Macpherson, 'Shooting' by A J Stuart-Wortley and 'Cookery' by George Saintsbury. 'The Partridge' (1894) has its 'Natural History' by Rev H A Macpherson, 'Shooting' by A J Stuart-Wortley and 'Cookery' by George Saintsbury. 'The Salmon' (1898) has its 'Natural History' by Rev H A Macpherson, 'The Law of Salmon Fishing' by Claud Douglas Pennant' and 'Cookery' by Alexander Innes Shand. 'The Pheasant' (1895) has its 'Natural History' by Rev H A Macpherson, 'Shooting' by A J Stuart-Wortley and 'Cookery' by Alexander Innes Shand 'The Trout' (1904) is a New Impression and has its natural history by the Marquess of Granby, its 'Breeding' by Colonel F H Custance and 'Cookery' by Alexander Innes Shand. All volumes but 'The Trout' have the prior owner's inscription to the half-title. 'The Partridge' has several newspaper articles on hunting this particular fowl loosely inserted to the rear. Contents pages to 'The Trout' have been removed by a previous owner. CONDITION In uniform full cloth bindings. Externally, smart with just some minor bumping to the head and tail of spines and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the spines, resulting in the red lettering to spines to fade slightly. Pasted to the recto of front endpaper of all volumes but 'Trout' is a small saying clipped from a newspaper regarding lending books. Blind stamp to the front endpapers for W H Smith and Son. Prior owner's inscription to the half-title of all but 'Trout' volume, R J Ratcliff. Gift inscription to the verso of front endpaper to 'Trout' from an individual named Clifford. 'The Pheasant', 'The Trout' and 'The Hare' are firmly bound. The remaining three volumes have some straining to binding. Pages are generally bright. Occasional pencil annotation and underlining to all volumes by a previous owner. Scattered spotting throughout all volumes, slightly heavier to 'The Hare', 'The Partridge' and 'The Pheasant'. All volumes have slightly heavier spotting to the first and last few pages. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Subject: Sports
Topic: None
Original/Facsimile: Original
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Special Attributes: None
Place of Publication: London
Year Printed: 1894
Author: Various
Language: English
Illustrator: G d Diles, A Thorburn; C Whymper; A J Stuart-Wortley et al.
