BECKFORD Peter

THOUGHTS ON FOX AND HARE HUNTING In a Series of Letters to a Friend.

Vernor Hood and Sharpe, 1810. Item #169086

New edn. 8vo (8½ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt tooled in six compartments with contrasting label, boards with gilt rolled borders and gilt tooled edges, marbled endpapers (light wear at edges of spine and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. vi + 314 (pp. 313-314 misbound between pp. iv and v) + [1] errata + [5] blank, illus with engraved frontispiece and title and 9 plates including folding plate of kennels engraved by John Scott (folding plate rather toned; no inscriptions).

Price: £40.00