THE HARE. By the Rev. H.A. MacPherson and others. Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Signet Press edition.

(1896) 1995 new edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxxvii,263. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations. Green boards, titled on spine and upper board in gilt. New introduction by Steven Tapper.

Chapters on natural history by Rev. H.A. Macpherson, shooting (and hawking) by Hon. Gerald Lascelles, coursing by Charles Richardson, beagling by G.H. Longman, harriers by J.S. Gibbons and cookery by Col. Kenney Herbert. 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 9 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy.