Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters.
London. Hodder & Stoughton. nd ( 1911). Stock ID #215175 Beckford was a landowner and huntsman who is best known for this work, originally published in 1781. In this collection of letters he reflects on the art of foxhunting. Published on the centenary of the death of the author. 'What Izaak Walton is to angling, Peter Beckford is to fox-hunting; each is the father of the literature of his sport.' from the introduction. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215175.
Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour, a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and twenty-four tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. xxiii +155pp. Red cloth covered boards, lettered and blocked in gilt, spine discoloured and two very small puncture holes, some light spotting to the edges also scattered throughout some of the margins, still a handsome sturdy volume, 26 x 20cm.
Price: $175.00 AU