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Published by Edward Arnold, 1897
First Edition
Leather Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in 3/4 dark red morocco over red cloth, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with partly raised bands, covers ruled gilt, light brown/blue cockerell endpapers, top edge gilt, foredges untrimmed (has chipping and wear to spine (chiefly to spine edges; dampstaining and staining to foredge of upper cover; some internal browning to text (chiefly to preliminaries, edges and endpapers). xix, [3], 344 pages + plates. 'A new edition' (title page) of the memoirs of the noble scion of the fifth Earl of Berkeley, chiefly concerning fox hunting; includes the author's original preface, plus the editor's introduction, notes and index. Also notable for the color frontispiece and 3 engraved illustrations after Leech (remaining illustrations by Jalland). BMC, volume 2, page 1039, column 593; originally published in 1854 (see also Field, page 183 (Leech). eech, John (illustrator); Jalland, G. H. (illustrator); 1 Color & 13 b/w Illustrations / Plates.