Christopher Sporting Jacket by Wilson John: Signed (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited. 1901 Limited edition hardcover, one of 2500. Red cloth and grey paper covered boards with gold and black titles show rubbed corners. Front hinge paper cracked, 132 pp text tight and bright. Professionally photo-reproduced dj in new mylar has one chip near foot of spine on front board, a 1/2" chip at head of spine and light rubs to corners. This vintage book contains John Wilson's 1901 work, "Christopher in his Sporting Jacket". Originally published in "Blackwood" in 1828, it is a delightful chronicle of sporting life and exquisite idyll of natural boyhood. This volume will appeal to those with a love of the outdoors and rural pursuits, and it would make for a charming addition to any collection. Contents include: "Crash Goes the Top-Timber of the Five-Barred Gate", "She is a Salmon, Therefore to be woo'd-She is a Salmon, therefore to be Won", "Up Runs the Tyro Ready-Cocked", "Well, then, After Cat-killing comes Coursing", "Hark Forward, Tantivy", "Well Done, Fro!", "What a Twinkling of Fists and Shillelas!", and "A Red-Deer-A Stag of Ten". Signed.…