{"product_id":"british-sporting-birds-kirkman-hutchinson-1936-illustrated-hunting-hardcover-1","title":"British Sporting Birds Kirkman Hutchinson 1936 Illustrated Hunting Hardcover","description":"A substantial illustrated volume devoted to British game birds, combining traditional sporting accounts with detailed natural-history studies of each species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by F. B. Kirkman and Horace G. Hutchinson, British Sporting Birds covers pheasant and partridge shooting, grouse, black game, capercaillie, ptarmigan, woodcock, snipe, wildfowl, pigeons, doves, plovers, curlew, and related species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book contains contributions by noted sporting and ornithological writers, including W. P. Pycraft, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, A. L. Thomson, Douglas Cairns, Max Baker, John H. Wyatt, and Hugh B. C. Pollard. Its contents balance historical field-sport practices with information on habitat, breeding, nesting, behavior, and identification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in London and Edinburgh by T. C. \u0026amp; E. C. Jack Ltd. in 1936. This is the later edition of a work originally published in 1924. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 42 additional color and black-and-white plates, for a total of 43 plates. Approximately 428 pages plus preliminary material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBound in its attractive original blue pictorial cloth, with black titles and a decorative flying-bird illustration on the front.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good vintage hardcover without dust jacket. Binding remains solid. Cloth boards show rubbing, fading, scratches, spotting, bumped corners, and wear with minor fraying at the spine ends and corners. Page edges are considerably age-toned. Interior pages show age toning and scattered foxing, particularly near the front and plate margins. The illustrations remain colorful and attractive. No major writing, highlighting, or loose pages observed. Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA handsome display volume and an appealing reference for collectors of British sporting history, hunting literature, game birds, ornithology, and vintage natural-history illustration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFree shipping included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItem specifics:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Title: British Sporting Birds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Editors: F. B. Kirkman and Horace G. Hutchinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Publication year: 1936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Publisher: T. C. \u0026amp; E. C. Jack Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Binding: Illustrated cloth hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Pages: 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Plates: 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Language: English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Subject: Game birds, hunting and ornithology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Dust jacket: No\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU D-4","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706297549048,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/aeab11f6-6556-4bb3-ab52-5c72a2a8811a_08084d25-431e-47d6-b493-465d9243c07c.jpg?v=1792226664","url":"https:\/\/secondchapterbookco.com\/products\/british-sporting-birds-kirkman-hutchinson-1936-illustrated-hunting-hardcover-1","provider":"Second Chapter Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}