H. A. Gerrits — Pheasants Including Their Care in the Aviary

London, Blandford Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. First English edition of this highly detailled and profusely illustrated guide to the proper care of pheasants. First English edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring the twenty-page 1954 I.C.I. Game Services Advisory Booklet, Pheasant Egg Production and Restocking.With six colour plates, eight double-sided photographic plates, containing thirty photographs, and numerous line drawings in text. Collated, complete. Colour artwork provided by Hendrik Johannes Slijper.A comprehensive guide to the proper care of pheasants, with specific sections on various species, such as Ruffed Pheasants, Tragopans and Peafowls. First published in 1959 in H. A. Gerrits' original Dutch, this edition is the first English translation by Terry Jones and Philip Wayre.  In publisher's original red cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. 1954 I.C.I. Game Services Advisory Booklet, Pheasant Egg Production and Restocking tipped in. Small plate to front paste down, "The Gamekeeper & Countryside. Hertford, Herts." Externally, smart with only the odd mark and slight bumping and rubbing. Dust wrapper presenting a number of closed tears, some light discolouration and a small tide mark to the front of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean copy with only faint spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: H. J. Slijper. Very Good Indeed/Good.