Sport in The Alps in the Past and Present. . some sporting reminiscences of H.R.H. the Late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Baillie-Grohman, W. A. (1851-1921)

Verlag: Adam & Charles Black, London, 1896

Beschreibung

Half navy-blue leather with five raised spine bands and decorations on to lighter blue cloth with an emblem in gilt. All edges gilt. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 356 pages with index. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with sun-fading on the spine and a scuff on one lower corner. Offsetting onto the endpages. Illustrated with photogravure frontispiece; full-page b/w prints and drawings in text. A classic account of Alpine sport, mostly in the Austrian Alps including chamois-stalking, stag, roebuck, and other big game. "Sport in the Alps is altogether one of the most complete existing accounts of a fascinating subject . excellent dissertations on the history of sport." [Times] Background Information: William Adolph Baillie Grohman was an Anglo-Austrian author of works on the Tyrol and the history of hunting, a big game sportsman, and a pioneer in the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Full title: Sport in The Alps in the Past and Present. An account of the chase of the chamois red-deer bouquetin roe-deer capercaillie and black-cock with personal adventures and historical notes and some sporting reminiscences of H.R.H. the Late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. REF: Speake, 101; Publisher's Advert; Mather & Crowther v14, 472. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 012106

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sport in The Alps in the Past and Present. ....

Verlag: Adam & Charles Black, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1896

Einband: A Very Good Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued

Auflage: First Edition, First Printing.