THE "COUNTRY LIFE" LIBRARY OF SPORT: SHOOTING. Two volume set. Edited by Horace G. Hutchinson.

1903 1st edition set. Large 8vo (155 x 235mm). Ppxii,328;x,336. B/w photographs and illustrations. Red buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Set of two volumes.

A practical guide to game shooting as it was in Edwardian era Britain. Chapters include: VOLUME I: The pheasant - natural history; Pheasant shooting; Bringing pheasants to the gun; Pheasants at Holkham; Pheasants at Nuneham; Pheasant management and shooting in hill countries; Pheasants and rabbits on high downs; Pheasants, breeding and management of young birds; The psrtridge - natural history; The partridge - its management, etc., on a driving estate; The partridge as it is walked up or shot over dogs; Partridge rearing, the 'assisted nature' system; Partridge shooting in Hungary; Hare driving and covert shooting in Hungary; The groue - natural history; Grouse; Management of grouse moors - arrangement of butts and driving, etc; Hints to loaders, from a loader. VOLUME II: Wild-fowl: natural history; Wild-fowling afloat; Wild-fowling on shore; Duck shooting from the Avon "Gazes"; Artificial rearing of wild duck; The hare: natural history; The hare: its hunting and shooting; The rabbit: natural history; The rabbit: management and shooting; Week-end shoots; Wild pigeons; Planting coverts for game; Motor cars for sporting purposes; The game laws; Shooting accessories.