1895-8 Fur and Feather Series: The Grouse, Pheasant, and Salmon

Description

Early Edition, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First and second editions. 

Illustrations include a frontispiece to each of the volumes, as well as a vignette title-page engraving and numerous illustrated plates, many of which were 'suggested and revised' by A. J. Stuart-Wortley and A. Thorburn. 

This is a lovely three volume collection of three works from within the 'Fur and Feather', or later, 'Fur, Feather, and Fin' series, edited by Alfred E. T. Watson. These works examine the natural history of a range of different wild animals, along with descriptions on how to properly hunt them and cook them afterwards. 

'The Grouse' (1895, second edition) includes sections by H. A. Macpherson, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, and George Saintsbury, with eleven illustrated plates and in-text illustrations. 

'The Pheasant' (1895, first edition) includes sections by H. A. Macpherson, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, and Alexander Innes Shand, with nine illustrated plates and in-text illustrations. 

'The Salmon' (1898, first edition) includes sections by A. E. Gathorne-Hardy, Claud Douglas Pennant, and Alexander Innes Shand, with seven illustrated plates.

Edited by Alfred E. T. Watson. 

Two pages of publisher's adverts to rear of 'The Grouse', twenty-four to the rear of 'The Pheasant', and thirty-two to the rear of 'The Salmon'. 

Collated, complete.