Beschreibung
The second edition of John Guille Millais' fascinating sporting work, an entertaining treatise on hunting complete with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.John Guille Millais' entertaining series of shooting sketches, recounting his experiences hunting, as well as detailing the habits of animals and various other important notes on the sport.Looking at Capercaillie, Blackgame, Grouse, and Ptarmigan.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nineteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear.From the library of Leonard Harrison Matthews, with his ink signature to the recto to the front endpaper. Matthews was a zoologist, best known for his research and writings on marine mammals. From 1951 to 1966 he was the director of the Zoological Society of London.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few odd spots. Title page is detaching a little to the tail. Chip to the margin of page xiii, not affecting text. Some pages unopened to the fore edge. A little edge wear with small closed tears and chips to some pages, due to how the pages have been opened. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 794P59
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