TAXIDERMY. By Leon L. Pray.

(1943) 1950s/'60s reprint of 1943 revised edition. 8vo (142 x 215mm). Ppx,91. B/w illustrations. Titles and egret motif in green to grey cloth. Issued in a green photographic dust-wrapper stating Olympic Editions*.

" The complete book for the amateur taxidermist on how to prepare and mount deer heads, birds, fish, small mammals, etc. etc". . . A popular book that ran to many editions. Chapters include: Tools and materials; Preparing and mounting a deer head; Preparing and mounting a fish; Preparing and mounting a bird; Preparing and mounting a wildcat; Preparing and mounting a small mammal; Preparing and mounting a tortoise, a horned toad, and a crayfish; Papier-maches, pastes, mothproofing solution, etc*. Several reprints of this title were issued in the 1950s in this green photographic dust-wrapper stating "Olympic Editions". The book itself makes no mention of "Olympic editions" and is in all respects identical to the other reprints of the 1943 revised edition.