W B Tegetmeier William Bernhardt Tegetmeier (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The enlarged fourth edition of W. B. Tegetmeier's detailed study of the management and natural history of the pheasant, illustrated throughout with colour plates. The enlarged fourth edition of English naturalist and writer of domestic science William Bernhardt Tegetmeier's study of the history and management of the pheasant.With chapters dedicated to the management of pheasants both in preserves and in confinement, the diseases of the pheasant, and the adaptation of the pheasant to the aviary.Illustrated with six colour plates, and numerous further plates and vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, the bookplate of Forbes Liston to the front pastedown, and bookplate of Alan Thornton to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Bookplates to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first and last few leaves, tissue guards and pages surrounding plates, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with gilt stamping on front cover and faded stamping on spine. Portion of spine, about two inches long, missing from head. Cloth overall is worn, with bits of board and binding peeking through at corners and hinges. Stamping on front cover is bright and unfaded. Previous owners' inscriptions on front endpapers. Title page dated 1893. No date on copyright page. 129 pages, with ads and catalogue of titles for further reading in rear. Binding is cracked in one or two spots, but otherwise is holding securely. A number of illustrated plates demonstrating the difference in bred poultry throughout. This second edition includes new chapters on "Improving Farm Poultry" and "Trussing Fowls for the Market", as well as additional illustrations. Tegetmeier developed a reputation as a tough judge at poultry exhibitions (a reputation probably well-earned judging by the terse introduction to this volume!) and wrote of himself, "I am nothing if not critical". Please email with questions or to request photos.