Silk and Scarlet

THE DRUID [DIXON, Henry Hall]

Published by Rogerson & Tuxford, London, 1859

About this Item

London, Rogerson & Tuxford, 1859 (first edition). Small octavo, [ii], viii, 398, 8 (publisher's catalogue) pages with an illustration plus 6 plates (one folding), a frontispiece portrait and a title page vignette. Blind-decorated red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, all edges sprinkled red; cloth a little flecked and marked, with the spine sunned and lightly worn at the head; occasional foxing; leading edge of the folding plate creased, with a few tiny tears; minor signs of use and handling; overall a very good copy. Henry Hall Dixon (1822-1870), sporting writer known as 'The Druid', was 'an interested spectator of all kinds of sport, and was emphatically one of those lookers-on who see most of the game. He had not much in common with the ordinary turfite . yet, as an exponent of sporting tradition, he has no rival, though all sporting journalists have lit their torches at The Druid's fire. His sympathies were nearly universal, and, inclining always to take a kindly view of human nature, he studiously avoided writing a word to cause pain' ('Dictionary of National Biography'). Seller Inventory # 122867

Bibliographic Details

Title: Silk and Scarlet

Publisher: Rogerson & Tuxford, London

Publication Date: 1859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.