Author: Captain Pennell-Elmhirst
Title: The Cream of Leicestershire Eleven Seasons&Apos; Skimmings
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this essay collection reviewing eleven notable hunting runs, illustrated beautifully with colour plates. The first edition of this work.A description of eleven notable run and incidents on the hunting fields.All eleven essays had originally been published in 'The Field&apos.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour folding map, seven colour plates, one monochrome plate, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by the noted huntsman Captain Pennell-Elmhirst.Illustrated by John Sturgess.Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Cazenove&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded Light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spotting, a little heavier to the plates. Tidemark to the frontispiece, smaller tidemark to the tail of the plates. Folding map has a tape repair. Very Good . Ill.: John Sturgess. Very Good .

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