BRITISH DEER AND THEIR HORNS
London, England: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1897. Numerous. First Edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Lavishly and gorgeously rebound in navy blue morocco (goatskin). (15 1/2 in. x 12 3/4 in.) Front board double-ruled in gilt. Gilt lettering to spine. Five raised bands (six compartments). Light spotting to the ten Electrogravure plates.
Housed in custom wooden solander case, covered in tan linen with large oval cut-out, framing the title and graphic from the elaborate, original front board of the 1897 book. and lined with archival material. Small nick to rear joint of solander case, about half-way down the length. Touch of soiling to solander case's front design., with a hint of rubbing to case sides.
Illustrations on very thick paper stock. Title page in red and black. Tailpieces at chapter ends. "With 185 text and full-page illustrations mostly by the author. 8 from drawings by Mr. Sidney Steel, 2 by E. Roe, and Photographs. Also 10 Electrogravures and a Coloured Frontispiece by the Author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished Sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer which were formerly on the walls of Ardverikie." (from Title Page).
The author's aim was to (then -- at the conclusion of the nineteenth century -- write a newer and fresher book about stalking and about British animals embracing the subject from every point of view. He writes: "...In the hope therefore, of supplying a complete life history of our three most interesting mammals...with special attention to the roe, an animal that has never received proper consideration at the hands of either sportsman or naturalist.
Chapters include: Extinct Barren Deer; Red Deer; Field Notes and Stalking Yarns; A Day in Larig Dochart; Stags' Heads; Fallow Deer; Fallow Deer Horns; Roe Deer; Roe-Stalking and Roe Heads. Very Good Plus / Very Good (case). Item #100497
Price: $375.00