By Peter Beckford
London   Hodder and Stoughton
10.5" by 8.5" xxiii, 155pp.
A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of letters on hunting from British writer Sir Peter Beckford.
By Peter Beckford

1911 Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters

London   Hodder and Stoughton
10.5" by 8.5" xxiii, 155pp.
A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of letters on hunting from British writer Sir Peter Beckford.
£70.00
: 1.5kgs / : 924T8

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Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece and twenty-four tipped-in colour plates. Collated complete. The work guides the reader on the art of foxhunting through a collection of familiar letters, forming an instructional and informative guide to the reader. Written by Sir Peter Beckford, a British writer, planter, art collector and politician who was a prominent member in the English fox hunting community and owned a pack of hunting dogs. Illustrated by George Denholm Armour, a British painter and illustrator.

Condition

In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with a small split in the cloth to the head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting.

Very Good

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