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Vintage Riding Recollections by Whyte Melville 1894 Equestrian Tales

Vintage Riding Recollections by Whyte Melville 1894 Equestrian Tales

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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 bin...

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.

Specifics

Author

Whyte Melville

Binding

Leather

Country/Region of Manufacture

United Kingdom

ISBN

Does not apply

Language

English

Original/Facsimile

Original

Place of Publication

London

Publisher

Ward, Lock and Bowden, Ltd.

Seller Notes

“EX condition. See photos and full description.”

Subject

Memoir

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