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Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend by Beckford, Peter - 1820

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Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend by Beckford, Peter - 1820

Thoughts on Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

by Beckford, Peter

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London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820. Reprint . Full Calf. Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A classic in foxhunting literature and a nice early title. Contains 321 pp., 1 folding plate of the plan of a dog kennel and several woodcut vignettes by Thomas Bewick throughout; spine label missing, joints rubbed, frontispiece and title page "foxed".

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  • Date Published 1820

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ADVENT IN THE CHURCH

by SMITH, REV. WILLIAM HENRY

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SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK: CHRIST CHURCH HOUSE. INSCRIBED BY CICELY Y. SMITH: "TO DANIEL SCOFIELD." . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1946.
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING, IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS TO A FRIEND.

by Beckford, Peter

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London: The Monthly Review Book. Good. Soft cover. 1781, pp211-220. Removed from THE MONTHLY REVIEW, OR LITERARY JOURNAL, for September, 1781. G. In report covers. This is a review of the book, published the same year, and obviously not the book itself..
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

THOUGHTS ON HUNTING In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

by Peter Beckford; G. H. Jalland, illus

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8vo in cloth. 220 pp. 16 plates. VG. Light wear. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Previous ownership in ink on ffep and blind stamped on the half-title page. Text and plates are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
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Thoughts on Hunting in a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

by Peter Beckford, with an introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget

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London, UK: Metheun & Co., 1951. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With 7 half-tones plates, and 8 drawings by G.H. Jalland. Eighth edition of book first published in 1899. Firmly bound, mostly clean with no writing inside. Some tanning bands to end papers. Jacket not price clipped has some creasing to edges and handling wear mainly to spine edges. Protected by removable plastic covers.
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Thoughts On Hunting In A Series Of Familiar Letters To A Friend

by Peter Beckford

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London: Methuen and Co, 1904. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Decorative Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283pp with index, plus 31pp of publishers book ads, Frontis of Peter Beckford, plates reproduced from paintings of the period and drawings. Pictorial gilt to front and spine...Covers in poor condition with some spotting and front edge/top edge bleached by the sun, some fading to spine. Previous owners name 'Clifford' to f.f.endpaper, some light patchy foxing here and there throughout book, not bad.....Surface rate postage included in price..
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Thoughts on Hunting. in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

by Peter Beckford

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Thoughts on Hunting. in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

by Peter Beckford

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Thoughts on hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend

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by Peter Beckford

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London: Methuen,, 1926. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original illustrated red cloth. Slight fading to top and bottom edge, occasional faint foxing, otherwise near very good indeed in a slightly edge faded and chipped, very good dust jacket.
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THOUGHTS ON HUNTING, IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS TO A FRIEND.

by Beckford, Peter

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(Printed by Thomas Davison for) Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London: (1820)., 1820 pp. xii, 321, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Frontis of Diana preparing for the Chase, attended by Health and Contentment + Folding Plate of a Plan for a dog kennel. Small text drawings in the style of Bewick. Title page elaborately decorated with a border of a fox hiding in leaves and hunters and hounds. Text foxed. Uncut. Lacks fly leaves. Bookplate of William Hoskins on front paste down. 240mm. Original paper boards, spine perished. Boards detached. This perhaps should best be considered a candidate for rebinding. Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811), was an English peer famous as huntsman (as well as a miscellaneous writer), and the patron of the well-known Classical composer, pianist Muzio Clementi. This work on Foxhunting first appeared in 1781, and it still stands as the corner-stone of a huntsman's library. SPORTS/GAMES BX 1 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair.
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