WILD-FOWL. By L.H. de Visme Shaw, with chapters on shooting the duck and the goose by W.H. Pope; Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. Fur, Feather and Fin Series.

1905 1st edition. 8vo (128 x 194mm). Ppx,278+iv+48pp publisher's catalogue. B/w plates after Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. Binding A. Oatmeal-coloured cloth, printed in red, brown and gilt, with elaborate image of grouse and hare on upper board, black end-papers, uniform with other titles in this series.

"By L.H. de Visme Shaw, with chapters on Shooting the Duck and the Goose by W.H. Pope, [and] Cookery by Alexander Innes Shand. With eight illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper." Series Editor was Alfred E.T. Watson. Chapters include: Natural history of the duck; Shooting the duck at sea; Shooting the duck inland and on the shore; The duck in the decoy; Natural history of the goose; Shooting the goose; Shooting the duck and the goose afloat by night; Shooting the duck and the goose on Continental waters; Cookery of ducks and geese. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species.