- Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 volumes
- 1889 third edition of these volumes with stories and instructions on hunting in Britain, illustrated throughout. The reissued second edition of this volume on hunting big game such as bears, buffalo, tigers, and others, by Clive Phillipps-Wolley. These volumes are illustrated throughout by various artists and many plates.Big Game Shooting is part of a sporting and publishing project dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 'The Badminton Library,' conceived by Longmans Green & Co., and edited by the eighth Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset. It published twenty-eight volumes between 1885 and 1896, covering various sports and pastimes.In half morocco and orange cloth binding, with tiles stamped in gilt to spine.
- Frontispieces, illustrations by Charles Whymper
- Additional illustrations throughout by Joseph Wolf and H. Willink, and from photographs
- Original half blue morocco and orange cloth hardcover binding
- Good condition with some rubbing and wear visible to spines in particular and to boards, some browning visible inside especially on tissue guards, some light overall wear