DEER PARKS and DEER OF Gt BRITAIN. Edited by Frederick Hingston.

1988 1st edition. 4to (203 x 272mm). Pp136. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Now [1988], for the first time in over 30 years, Britain's deer and nearly 300 deer parks and farms have been researched and recorded, described and illustrated in a unique gazetteer, with additional information about their past, the species themselves, deer farming, how to photograph them, deer leaps and management, the organisations involved with deer and even a recipe for venison". Chapters include: Deer parks; The common species; Farming red deer; Fallow - grace and beauty; Parks, farms and enclosures; Deer in camera; Leaps and bounds; Societies and deer; Royal meat - a recipe.