Hark Away Sketches of Hunting, Fishing, Etc.

Whitehurst, Frederick, Field

Published by Tinsley Brothers, 1879

About this Item

First edition hardcover 1879 in red cloth covered boards with black/gilt blind-stamped designs. 319pp. Spine ends bumped, tips brushed, some pages uncut, foxing on title page and on head of page 318/319. No illustrations save for an interesting little designs for each chapter heading. If there was a photo frontis in this volume, there is no evidence of it, nor signs of any removed pages. The authors' contributed field sports columns to the 1878-9 Daily Telegraph and Sporting Paper "Bell's Life in London". Some chapters include - A Goodly Gathering/ The Coaching Club/ Down the Road/ The Four-In-Hand Club/ Society in the Saddle/ With the Devon & Somerset Staghounds/ The Royal Buckhounds/ Before the Frost/ Hunting at Brighton/ The Southdown Foxhounds/ A Rough Time at Rugby/ The Essex Foxhounds/ The Surrey Staghounds/ A Teaser with the Tedworth/ A Week with the Southdown/ The Brighton Harriers/ Running Red Deer/ Our Modern Stage-Coaches/ The Meet of the Four-In-Hand/ A Recollection of the Orleans Club/ Riders in the Row. Seller Inventory # 48539

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hark Away Sketches of Hunting, Fishing, Etc.

Publisher: Tinsley Brothers

Publication Date: 1879

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.