Thomas Pearce / IDSTONE PAPERS SERIES OF ARTICLES AND DESULTORY OBSERVATIONS 1st
Description: Cocked, light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. 1873 gift inscription, later owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcover. ; Well-received collection of articles from The Field newspaper. "it is full of practical suggestions about everything of a sporting nature, from the treatment of assistants and the breaking of horses and dogs to the greasing of shooting-boots. We have descriptions of qualities and points in the best masters of hounds, huntsmen, gamekeepers, beaters; hunters, shooting-ponies, hounds, setters, retrievers; we are told the hours, wind, weather, and meals most conducive to successful sport, and how to make or where to procure the most unequalled carriages, harness, whips, guns, ammunition and dress. ... Idstone has not only an appreciation of sport and.
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