1st edition 1870. Illustrated with 21b/w. plates. The book was probably owned by Charles Hibbert Henry Williamson's father-in-law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle-class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Bound in the original publisher's plain cloth. Re-cased retaining most of the original spine and endpapers. Book is good with quite bright boards. Cloth marked and rubbed in places. Contents good. Light age toning.