THE HITCHCOCK EDITION OF SOMERVILLE AND ROSS. Seven volume set.

Published by The Derrydale Press. New York. 1927

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1927). 1927 1st edition thus. Seven volumes. 8vo (165 x 245mm). Ppxxvi,212; x,194; x,191; viii,195; xii,192; xiii,227; xiv,283. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green cloth gilt. A very good set. Number 18 of 500 sets. Volume one signed by Somerville. Relevant ephemera laid in. A complete seven volume set of The Sporting Works of Somerville and Ross. Privately printed by The Derrydale Press, New York, 1927 in an edition of 500 sets, this being set number 18. Volume one: Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Volume two: Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. Volume three: In Mr. Knox's Country. Volume four: Dan Russel the Fox: An Episode in the Life of Miss Rowan. Volume five: All on the Irish Shore. Volume six: Wheel-Tracks. Volume seven: Irish Memories. Volume one has an eleven-page foreword by Harry Worcester Smith. Loosely laid into volume one of this set is a letter to "Dick" from "Jack". The letter carries the address of the Somerville family home, Tally Ho House, Castletownshend, and is dated the 26th of August 1949. Edith Somerville died, at the same address, less than two months later. The author of the letter is presumably one of Edith's brothers. The letter talks about the health of Edith and her sister Hildegarde as well as an article about Somerville and Ross that was published in Leader Magazine, 20th of August, 1949. This article is also loosely laid into the book. .…

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Title
THE HITCHCOCK EDITION OF SOMERVILLE AND ROSS. Seven volume set.
Author
Somerville (Edith Ann OEnone) (1858-1949) and Martin (Violet Florence) (1862-1915).
Publisher
The Derrydale Press. New York. 1927
Condition
New
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Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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