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London: Methuen & Co, 1951. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Eighth edition, 1951, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 220pp., illustrated in b&w, including one that folds out. Book VG+ with mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ VG with gentle toning to spine, rubbing and mild soil, spine ends and corners show mild wear, front flap price-clipped.
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a Friend by [Beckford, Peter] - 1781
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Sarum: Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, 1781. First edition, with half-title. Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches). Bound in original paper spine and marbled boards, TOTALLY UNCUT. Full brown morocco solander box. First edition, with half-title. Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches). The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions, few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I, p. 56; Gee, Sportsman's Library p. 8 ("The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"); Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 40-41
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- Format/Binding Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depict
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- Publisher Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford
- Place of Publication Sarum
- Date Published 1781
- Keywords Foxhunting | Incompletes | Boards
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Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
by Beckford, Peter; Introduction by J. Otho Paget
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING, IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS TO A FRIEND.
by Beckford, Peter
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London: The Monthly Review Book. Good. Soft cover. 1781, pp211-220. Removed from THE MONTHLY REVIEW, OR LITERARY JOURNAL, for September, 1781. G. In report covers. This is a review of the book, published the same year, and obviously not the book itself..
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
by Peter Beckford; G. H. Jalland, illus
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8vo in cloth. 220 pp. 16 plates. VG. Light wear. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Previous ownership in ink on ffep and blind stamped on the half-title page. Text and plates are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
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Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
by Peter Beckford, Esq
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951. Eighth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. G.H. Jalland. Introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget. Illustrated with drawings, one fold-out of kennel plans, index, 220 pages. Offsetting to endpapers, spine panel tanned, light soil, chipping at the edges, dj in a new protective mylar sleeve.
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Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
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London: J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed and foxed on . verso.. 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 0851313671 . Introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget. Foreword by Michael Clayton. A reprint of this sporting classic, first published in 1781. xxxiii, 220pp, illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING - in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
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London [ca. 1919]: Hodder and Stoughton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Later Edition Used. H Hard Cover. Good. Illustrations in colour by G. Denholm Armour. I nred cloth with black titling, 4to, 155pp. (shelfwear, rubbing and fading to spine and boards, light browning to page edges, vintage gift inscription to endpaper).
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Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend (The Derrydale Press Foxhunters' Library)
by Beckford, Peter
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Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Letters to a Friend
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London: J.A.Allen, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xxxiii, 218pp+ index. Light foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend (The Derrydale Press Foxhunters' Library)
by Beckford, Peter
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Thoughts on Hunting in a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend
by Peter Beckford, with an introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget
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London, UK: Metheun & Co., 1951. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With 7 half-tones plates, and 8 drawings by G.H. Jalland. Eighth edition of book first published in 1899. Firmly bound, mostly clean with no writing inside. Some tanning bands to end papers. Jacket not price clipped has some creasing to edges and handling wear mainly to spine edges. Protected by removable plastic covers.
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