HIGHLAND YEAR. By Lea MacNally.

(1968) 1968 Phoenix House edition. 8vo (144 x 222mm). Ppviii,117. B/w photographs by the author. Light blue fawn motif to red boards, gilt titles to spine.

Observations on the life of Highland red and roe deer with several chapters on foxes. Chapters include: November - life in the hills; December - stalking the red deer hinds; January - mating time of the hill fox; February - beginning of the 'hungry time'; March - watching wild life; April - new leaf and fox dens; May - the valiant vixen; June - the calf month; July - month of the youngsters; August - mating time of the roe deer; September - stalking in the tawny hills; October - the month of the roaring. Phoenix House Ltd was a subsidiary of J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. J.M. Dent published the true first edition under their own imprint, this edition, and a Country Book Club edition simultaneously in 1968.