Non-Fiction / Agriculture, Conservation, Countryside. / The gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life. by Richard Jefferies

• Book Title: The gamekeeper at Home. Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life.
• Author: Richard Jefferies
• ISBN: MW0018131954
• Publisher: Smith , Elder
• Year Published: 1890
• Our Price: £66.00 GBP ($100.98 USD)
• Description: Smith, Elder and Co, 1890 "new edition" reprint of the 1878 first edition: green leather hardback with gilt line decoration , gilt emblem to front : gilt decorated spine with five raised bands : gilt lettering on red to spine panel . gilt decorated leather edging to red, cream and blue feathered end papers , page edging to match. 221 pages: Inset black and white illustrations by Charles Whymper. Synopsis: A detailed description of country life featuring the typical gamekeeper of the mid-19th century. The text includes descriptions of the gamekeeper's cottage, routine, guns, tools , implements, personal appearance, financial affairs, assistants , and family: other subjects include the shooting season; game rearing ; game as a merchandise; game conservation; bird and animal predators; poachers and poaching; badgers; mice and deer; dog training, rabbit catching, ferret husbandry, weather prediction,walking sticks; fishing ( hand catching,wiring, baliing and netting ). Black and white line illustrations are included. Condition:some rubbing to edges of spine: 1890 prize sticker to front fixed end paper: preliminary pages slightly foxed: overall firm, clean and decoratively bound
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: No
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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