Shires & Provinces, [together with] More Shires & Provinces (Two volumes)
by Sabretache" [C. Barrow]. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 and 1928. First Edition (the first volume is the second impression, 1927). Decorated Cloth. Very Good Plus. Folio sized, measuring 14 by 10 inches, 35 by 26 cm. Each volume with sixteen color plates. "Sabretache" was a pseudonym adopted by the publicity-allergic C. Barrow, who served many years in the cavalry stationed in India and returning to England, was an ardent foxhunter. The two Shire volumes, which cover the history and lore of the most famous English hunts, constitute his best known works. Grimshaw 1288 and 1289. Both volumes are clean and tight internally, with the original clean cloth showing wear, with scuffs and the green rubbed out in spots.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002159
- Title
- Shires & Provinces, [together with] More Shires & Provinces (Two volumes)
- Author
- Sabretache" [C. Barrow]. Illustrations by Lionel Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (the first volume is the second impression, 1927)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited and Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1926 and 1928
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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