A Sporting Pilgrimage; Riding to Hounds, Golf, Rowing, Football, Club and University Athletics. Studies in English Sport, Past and Present
Published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1895
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since April 3, 2001
Condition: Used
US$ 28.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
397p, many ills. by Frederic Remington and other illustrators, and also from photos. Lacks jacket. Blue-green cloth (Biscotti cites red cloth issue, which has a map that isn't in this issue). From the library of Francis Peabody Sears, with his signature. Book publication of these 16 articles, which first appeared in Harper's magazine. With 2 chapters on hunting in England. Whitney became an editor and contributor to Outing magazine, and he edited the American Sportsman's Library series for Macmillan. Good (covers soiled, spine darkened).
Seller Inventory # 31429
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Sporting Pilgrimage; Riding to Hounds, Golf, Rowing, Football, Club and University Athletics. Studies in English Sport, Past and Present
- Author
- Whitney, Caspar W.
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers, New York
- Publication year
- 1895
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Remington
- Edition
- No stated edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Horses: 19th-Century Books and Ephemera: Originals and Reprints, Horses: Biographies of Horses and People, Horses: Hunting, Hounds, Country Life, Field Sports, Horses: Signed, Association, and/or Limited Editions
Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA)
Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
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Specializing in good horse and art books since 1973. My open shop of 37 years is now closed, but I welcome online or phone orders. My equestrian books are strong in 19th-century titles, ephemera, and the obscure, overlooked, and uncommon in all fields. Among the other books are many antiquarian bookseller and book auction catalogues. For regular announcements of new arrivals, please sign up at www.bledsoebooks.com. I look forward to serving you.
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Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller (ABAA)
MA, U.S.A.
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