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COLLIE, William.

MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM COLLIE. A 19th Century Deerstalker.

1992

Illustrated. Coloured pictorial boards. Mint copy. Published in Inverness, and limited to 1000 numbered copies only, with 15 extra photo illustrations and a new introduction by the publisher Ian Mackay. The first edition of this work was published in Melbourne, Australia in 1908, after the author had emigrated to Canada. This was privately published by the author - I believe with his son's help. Copies were nicely bound in leather, and it is apparent that the author personally corrected every copy, before giving them to friends and family. It is likely that 50 or less copies were printed, as it fails to appear in any bibliography, including that of Kenneth Whitehead in his recent "Encyclopedia of Deer". I have only purchased a copy once in my 34 years of dealing. A most fascinating and attractively written account of the authors life as a forester/stalker on Speyside, Glen Feshie, and Monar.

£25.00