The "Idstone" Papers : A Series of Articles and Desultory Observations on Sport and Things in General
London: Horace Cox, 1872.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #14116
Cocked, light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. 1873 gift inscription, later owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcover. ; Well-received collection of articles from The Field newspaper. "it is full of practical suggestions about everything of a sporting nature, from the treatment of assistants and the breaking of horses and dogs to the greasing of shooting-boots. We have descriptions of qualities and points in the best masters of hounds, huntsmen, gamekeepers, beaters; hunters, shooting-ponies, hounds, setters, retrievers; we are told the hours, wind, weather, and meals most conducive to successful sport, and how to make or where to procure the most unequalled carriages, harness, whips, guns, ammunition and dress. ... Idstone has not only an appreciation of sport and country, but also of humour, of which there are many instances in these pleasant papers." - review in The Spectator, December 21, 1872, pages 1629-1630. Wonderful custom bookplate of C Gordon Booth, with bookworm reading book and ignoring the game while hunting. First Edition of this delightful collection of Victorian sporting culture, with period hunting equipment advertising in rear. ; vi, 285, 12 ad pages.
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