THE WHITEHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEER. By G. Kenneth Whitehead.

(1993) 2008 reprint. Small folio (214 x 302mm). Ppxii,597. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green cloth, gilt antler motif and titles to front board and spine.

This is the long-awaited new reprint of this valuable and unique work. This book covers "...all the world's deer species, their distribution, ...every aspect of their biology, mythology, iconography and their place in the history and current practice of deer hunting and deer stalking". Includes an extensive bibliography as well as a check-list of species and an index of deer diseases. A huge and important volume well worth shelf-space in any sporting library. A great book. Chapters include: General; deer species of the world - species, endangered, exotics, hybrids, ancient deer; Hunting and stalking deer throughout the world; Trophies; Diseases and parasites; Reference section - classification, checklist, common and vernacular names, index of diseases, gazetteer; Bibliography - general, diseases, hybridization, exotics, deer farming and deer parks, venison, deer stalking in Britain, hunting with hounds, deer and deer stalking in New Zealand, deer and deer hunting in Australia, deer and deer hunting in Asia, deer and deer hunting in North America, deer and deer hunting in South America, trophies and measuring systems, juvenile deer books.