Author: Charles St. John; Sir Herbert Maxwell
Title: Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
Description: London, T. N. Foulis, 1919. Cloth. Charles St. John's lovely topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands, looking into the striking nature and popular sporting activites. A beautiful topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands.In this volume, first published in 1846, Charles St. John looks into the popular sports of hunting, poaching, and trapping, as well as the local Highlands wildlife.Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, twenty-seven tipped in colour plates, and eleven monochrome plates.With an introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell, illustrated by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander. Collated, complete.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine and extremities are lightly discoloured. Some very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: G. Denholm Armour; Edwin Alexander. Very Good .

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