The Partridge. Second Edition. Fur Feather and Fin Series by MacPherson. Rev. H.A - 1894

Longmans, Green & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Decorated tan cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to half title. Damp staining to one corner. 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. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Longmans, Green, 1896. Believed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6. 320pp, lacks dust wrapper as issued, previous owners name to free front end paper, no other inscriptions. Decorative boards are in very good condition with little wear. no marks or fading, just some very slight rubbing and bumping to corners of boards, spine is very lightly browned. Very good condition internally with no loose pages or turned over page corners, all plates present. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK.

Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1891. Book. Good+. Soft cover. Pages are slightly turned in one corner. Some rubbing and small splits to head and foot of spine. Covers a little grubby. Foxing to some pages. 120 pages..

Longmans, Green, 1896. Believed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. 276pp, lacks dust wrapper as issued, previous owners details to free front end paper, no other inscriptions. Decorative boards are in very good condition with little wear. no marks or fading, spine is slightly rubbed and faded. Very good condition internally with no loose pages or turned over page corners, all plates present. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK.

Chas. Thurnam & Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Newspaper clipping stuck to rear pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

1986. 1986 Macpherson, Rev HA THE PHEASANT The Field Library Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing, 1986 265pp illus A Thorburn sm 8vo As New.

Longmans, Green & Co. 1896 3rd. edition.. Size 5.0 x 7.75 inches. In brown/grey speckled pictorial cloth covers with red lettering to spine and front. Black endpapers. In very good condition. A few minor marks rear board, corners lightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges and slight browning to endpapers. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 276 pp; Cat.32 pp.Vignette to title-page & 11 b/w plates by A.THORNBURN, C. WHYMPER, & J. STUART-WORTLEY. Various diagrams. Fur, Feather & Fin Series. A volume in the "Fur, Feather & Fin Series" which presented monographs on the various English birds and beasts which were generally included under the heading of Game. It includes details of the natural history of the partridge, information on driving and shooting, together with ideas for its eventual cooking. In unusually bright covers.

Chicheley, Buckinghamshire: Paul Minet, 1972 Folding map; 8 plates; 9 illustrations in the text; "Including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire North of the Sands"; Preface by R.S. Ferguson; A facsimile of the original edition "published by David Douglas Castle Street Edinburgh 1892"; Hardback: green cloth decorated in gilt on spine, illustrated title-page, issued without a dustjacket; Spine just a touch faded, near fine.

Natural history . 1st. Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green & Co. 1896. pp.viii, 263 with b/w. illus. plus 24 pages of publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Neat period signature to half-title. Some spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated boards in vg. plus condition. With sections on ‘Natural History ’ by Rev. H.A. Macpherson; ‘Shooting ’ by Gerald Lascelles; ‘Coursing’ by Charles Richardson; ‘Hunting’ by J.S.Gibbons and G.H. Longman; and ‘Cookery’ by Kenney Herbert.

Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas . 1st ed. rebound with green cloth and gilt title to spine. civ+552pp. b/w illus; tissue-guarded colour plates. Top text block is gilt. Some tanning to side and bottom. Contents are fresh and bright. A really lovely copy. UK & OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1892.