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More imagesYoung Tom Hall His Heartaches and Horses Limited, Numbered 1st UK Edition
Surtees, Robert Smith; Edited & w/Introduction by E. D. Cuming
Language: English
Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 1926
- Hardcover
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Limited, Numbered Edition. Gift quality, limited, numbered, first UK edition (#144/250 copies printed) in original VG dust wrapper. Oversized hardcover measures 10.5" x 8.5" x 2" with top edge gilt. No names, tears or major soil seen in the tight, bright 35…9pp untrimmed text, only very light occasional foxing that doesn't affect any of G.D. Armours' tipped in plates. Color frontispiece and three other color plates, plus twelve b/w sketches within this stunning volume. Un-clipped original red background dust wrapper has lightly sunned back strip, no chips or tears, displays beautifully in protective mylar wrap. Will incur add'l postage for priority mail or international destinations. Chapters include: Mr Hall and Our Tom/ Introduces Major Fibs/ Tom in Good Hands/ Marital Ardour/ Mrs Hall's Ambition/ Lord Lavender at Home/ Colonel Blunt Calls/ The Desante/ "Considering" a Horse/ Colonel Blunt Confides in Major Fibs/ The Major Knows of Another Horse/ Clenching a Bargain/ Satisfaction of the Colonel/ Lord Heartycheer's Opening Day/ The Hunt Breakfast/ Colonel Blunt Enjoys Himself/ Lily of the Valley, Late Rumtouch/ A Courtship Marred/ Tom Brought to the Scratch/ A Meeting of the Fathers/ Another Horse Deal/ Lord Heartycheer at Silverspring Firs/ Mr Woodcock, Dealer in Cripples/ Colonel and Mrs Blunt Discuss Prospects/ Tom the Day After/ Advice from the Colonel/ Mr Hall and the Colonel/ In An Artists Studio/ Chiefly Biographical/ The Carol Hill Green Establishment/ Tom's Affections in Danger/ The Guineafowles Organise a Dinner/ The Hero Arrives/ A New Idol/ High Life Below Stairs/ A Day with the Major's Harriers/ Lord Heartycheer Goes A-Roving/ Angelena Astonishes Her Mother/ Parents in Council/ Arranging a Quiet Bye-Day/ One Too Many/ Useful Jog/ Soothing Syrup/ By Back Ways/ Damped Hopes/ Mystery and Solution/ Lord Lavender's Bank Account/ A Card From Hyacinth Hall/ Rivals in the Hunting Field.
