Various — The Grouse

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893-1906. Cloth. An illustrated collection of works looking at hunting of various animals in the wild, written and illustrated by various authors and artists. Complete in twelve volumes. This set is an interesting collection of works on animals, looking at the hunting of various animals. 'Pike and Perch', written by William Senior, John Bickerdyke, W. H. Pope, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by George Roller. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and ten plates. Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'Wild-Fowl', written by L. H. de Visme Shaw, W. H. Pope, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and seven plates. With forty-eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'Snipe and Woodcock', written by L. H. de Visme Shaw, Richard J. Ussher, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and seven plates. With forty pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Rabbit', written by James Edmund Harting and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, G. E. Lodge, S. Alken, and Charles Whymper. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and nine plates. Thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Grouse', written by H. A. Macpherson, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, and George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A. J. Stuart-Wortley and A. Thorburn. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and eleven plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher's ads to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Hare', written by H. A. Macpherson, Gerald Lascelles, Charles Richardson, J. S. Gibbons, G. H. Longman, and Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by G. D. Giles, A. Thorburn, and C. Whymper. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and seven plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Red Deer', written by H. A. Macpherson, Cameron of Lochiel, Viscount Ebrington and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by J. Charlton, and A. Thorburn. With a frontispiece, an illustration to the title page, and seven plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher's ads to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Pheasant', written by H. A. Macpherson, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by A. Thorburn. With a frontispiece, an illustration to the title page, and nine plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher's ads to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Fox', written by Thomas F. Dale. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and G. D. Giles. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and seven plates. Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Trout', written by Marquess of Granby, F. H. Custance, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by J. E. Grace. With a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and ten plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.Collated, complete. 'The Salmon', written by A. E. Gathorne-Hardy, Claud Douglas Pennant, and Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Douglas Adams and Charles Whymper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and seven plates. With thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. 'The Partridge', written by H. A. Macpherson, A. J. Stuart-Wortley, and George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, A. Thoburn, and C. Whymper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustration to the title page, and ten plates. With twenty-four pages of publisher's ads to the rear.Collated, complete. The whole series was edited by Alfred E. T. Watson. Watson was an author, who also wrote 'The Racing World and is Inhabitants', 'Coach Driving - Carriages', and 'King Edward VII as a Sportsman&apos. In the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light fading and discolouration to the spines. Minor marking to the boards. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spines. Front hinge of 'Snipe and Woodcock' and 'The Hare' are starting but firm. Booksellers label to the bottom of the front pastedown 'Pike and Perch&apos. Bookplate to the front pastedown of 'Snipe and Woodcock', 'T. R. Grey&apos. Bookplate to the front pastedown to 'The Hare', 'Glen Sutcliffe&apos. Bookplate to the front pastedown of 'The Grouse', and a blind-stamp to the front endpaper and half-title page. Bookplate to the front pastedown of 'The Salmon&apos. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown of 'The Fox', and a prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper, dated 1906. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown of 'The Fox&apos. Bookseller's blind stamp to the head of the front endpaper of 'Wild-Fowl&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper of 'Wild-Fowl', 'Kenneth Howard Nov 1905&apos. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown, and a bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper of 'The Pheasant&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper of 'The Pheasant', 'To Father from Edward and Harvey Christmas 1895&apos. Internally, firmly bound, though 'The Rabbit', 'The Pheasant', 'The Wild-Fowl', and 'The Fox' are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot, though spotting is a little heavier to 'The Pheasant&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the frontispiece of 'The Salmon&apos. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .