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

1988 1st edition limited issue. 4to (223 x 272mm). Pp136. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Dark green end-papers, 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. * A list of subscribers appears on the final two pages, with the copy number next to each. This is copy No. 43, named as Victor Roy Parry. The extent of the limitation is not explicitly stated, but 334 copies are itemised, concluding with "remaining names unlisted." The first 5 copies are presentation copies, no. 1 going to HRH the Prince of Wales, 2 to Lord Ramsey, 3 to Lord Dulverton, 4 to the British Deer Society and 5 to the British Deer Farmers' Association.