Description
Riding Recollections: Whyte Melville circa 1894 Published by Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited. No date but inscription to page preceding title page is 1894. Very solid copy, EX condition given age. EX binding. Half leather and marbling. Clean, unmarked, unannotated text throughout. Very minor wear to board tips. Tanning, "ghosting" of title due to inscription of previous blank page. According to an internet description: "Rollicking accounts of the authors exploits and reminiscences of his sporting life in the hunt field. The author George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878) was a Scottish novelist and a sporting poet who was noted writer of fox-hunting stories." Chapters include: Author's Preface/ Kindness/ Coercion/ The Use of the Bridle/ The Abuse of the Spur/ Hand/ Seat/ Valour/ Discretion/ Irish Hunters/ Thoroughbred Hunters/ Riding to Fox-Hounds/ Riding at Stag-Hounds/ The Provinces/ The Shires. 251 pages. Approx. 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches.
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