British Sporting Birds Kirkman Hutchinson 1936 Illustrated Hunting Hardcover
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A substantial illustrated volume devoted to British game birds, combining traditional sporting accounts with detailed natural-history studies of each species.
Edited 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.
The 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.
Published in London and Edinburgh by T. C. & 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.
Bound in its attractive original blue pictorial cloth, with black titles and a decorative flying-bird illustration on the front.
Condition: 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.
A handsome display volume and an appealing reference for collectors of British sporting history, hunting literature, game birds, ornithology, and vintage natural-history illustration.
Free shipping included.
Item specifics:
* Title: British Sporting Birds
* Editors: F. B. Kirkman and Horace G. Hutchinson
* Publication year: 1936
* Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd.
* Binding: Illustrated cloth hardcover
* Pages: 428
* Plates: 43
* Language: English
* Subject: Game birds, hunting and ornithology
* Dust jacket: No
SKU D-4
British Sporting Birds Kirkman Hutchinson 1936 Illustrated Hunting Hardcover
$125.00
Edited 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.
The 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.
Published in London and Edinburgh by T. C. & 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.
Bound in its attractive original blue pictorial cloth, with black titles and a decorative flying-bird illustration on the front.
Condition: 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.
A handsome display volume and an appealing reference for collectors of British sporting history, hunting literature, game birds, ornithology, and vintage natural-history illustration.
Free shipping included.
Item specifics:
* Title: British Sporting Birds
* Editors: F. B. Kirkman and Horace G. Hutchinson
* Publication year: 1936
* Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd.
* Binding: Illustrated cloth hardcover
* Pages: 428
* Plates: 43
* Language: English
* Subject: Game birds, hunting and ornithology
* Dust jacket: No
SKU D-4