Point-to-Point

Farrell, M.J.

Published by Farrar & Rinehart, 1933

About this Item

First edition hardcover in green cloth covered boards with black titles are cocked and discolored. 280 pp tight w/some marginal soil on a few early leaves. Ex-library without a call tag on backstrip, pocket pulled but all pages present. Minimal stamps. A wonderful story of Irish hunting and racing by Molly Keane, pseudonym M.J. Farrell who also penned Red Letter Days illust by "Snaffles" under the same name. Molly Keane was born in Co. Kildare, Ireland, in 1904 into a 'rather serious Hunting and Fishing, Church-going family' who gave her little education at the hands of governesses. Molly Keane's interests when young were 'hunting and horses and having a good time'; she began writing only to supplement her dress allowance. She died in 1996. Period sporting fiction with the following chapters: Pullinstown/ The Villany of Mr. Fox/ The Chase/ Ladies of Templeshambo/ Prime Rogues/ Stranger/ I Praise Not/ Glossary.

Seller Inventory # 48723

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Point-to-Point
• Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
• Publication Date: 1933
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • HORSE STORIES - ALL OTHERS