Covert-Side Sketches; or, Thoughts on Hunting

Fitt, J. Nevill

Verlag: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879

Gift quality first edition hardcover in dark green cloth with bright gilt titles and stag head on frt cover, gilt saddle & crossed whips on spine. Handsome book with beveled edges, ruled cover, solid brown endpapers with a diff antique bookstore sticker on each pastedown. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, tips still sharp, 1" split in the cloth on the rear spine/gutter edge. 346pp text is crisp and unmarked. Both hinge papers cracked w/webbing visible, page block holding fine. Discusses briefly, the antiquity of hunting, Animals currently hunted in England, Foxhounds, Fox Hunting with various British packs, Otter Hunting, Stag Hunting, The Chase of the Carted Deer, Buck Hunting and Drag Hunting. Includes the famous color frontispiece by E. Meyerstein. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48909

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Covert-Side Sketches; or, Thoughts on Hunting
Verlag: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Erscheinungsdatum: 1879
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: First Edition.