1932 Hounds & Dogs
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound
Volume XIII of 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes', titled Hounds & Dogs; Their Care, Training & Working; for Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Hawking, Police Purposes, etc.
The first edition of this work, published in 1932.
Written by A Croxton Smith, with contributions from many other experts in the field.
Containing one hundred and ten illustrated plates, collated and complete.
Handsomely bound in the publisher's full blue morocco, with marbled endpapers.
Containing the bookplate of Arthur Geoffrey Dyke Acland (1908-1964), the grandson of Sir Arthur Acland, 13th Baronet, a liberal politician and Vice-President of the Council of Education.
Condition
In the publisher's handsome blue morocco binding with gilt detailing and marbled endpapers. Externally, very smart, with some light bumping to the extremities and fading to the spine. The bookplate of Arthur Geoffrey Acland to the front pastedown. Internally, hinges have been reinforced and the volume is firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Very Good Indeed
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