SNIPE AND WOODCOCK. By L.H. de Visme Shaw. With chapters on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland by Richard J. Usher, Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Signet Press edition.

(1904) 1996 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,298. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations, green end-papers. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt.

This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 10 of 12 in "The Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. New introduction by Dr Andrew Hoodless.