(Hardcover, 1923). 1923 1st edition. Small 4to (177 x 233mm). Pp124. B/w photographs, b/w plates and illustrations by Lionel Edwards and H.F. Prynne. Blue cloth, gilt elephant head motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Cloth faded and a little stained, snag to top of spine. Quite foxed throughout. Good. Big game hunting for crocodile, elephant, black bear and various species of deer in India and stag hunting in Scotland. Several of the stories appeared previously in The Field, The Scottish Field and The Badminton Magazine. Chapters include:- Part one: India - Black buck; Crocodile on the Ganges; The jungle by night; Chetal, sambar and barking deer; The rogue elephant; Crocodile on the Jumna; Black buck hunting with a revolver; Black bear in Kashmir. Part two: At home - A first stag; Visions of the mist; Between the flags; A good stalk; A stag's great fall. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 40789
Titel: MEMORIES OF SPORTING DAYS. By "Red Heather"....
Verlag: Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1923.
Einband: Soft cover
Auflage: 1st Edition
Buchbeschreibung (Hardcover, 1923). 1923 1st edition. Small 4to (177 x 233mm). Pp124. B/w photographs, b/w plates and illustrations by Lionel Edwards and H.F. Prynne. Blue cloth, gilt elephant head motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Cloth rather faded and slightly stained, one plate loose, some foxing. Good. Big game hunting for crocodile, elephant, black bear and various species of deer in India and stag hunting in Scotland. Several of the stories appeared previously in The Field, The Scottish Field and The Badminton Magazine. Chapters include:- Part one: India - Black buck; Crocodile on the Ganges; The jungle by night; Chetal, sambar and barking deer; The rogue elephant; Crocodile on the Jumna; Black buck hunting with a revolver; Black bear in Kashmir. Part two: At home - A first stag; Visions of the mist; Between the flags; A good stalk; A stag's great fall. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43288
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