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Essays on Sport and Natural History

by Harting, J.E.

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Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
Publisher : Horace Cox, "The Field" Office
Published In : London
Illustrations : portrait frontis, wood engravings to text

Description:

First edition. Scarce. A collection of essays by ornithologist and sportsman James Edmund Harting (1841-1928), covering field sports, wildlife observation, falconry, angling, and country life. The work blends natural history with anecdote and practical knowledge, offering insight into Victorian sporting culture and the author’s wide-ranging experience in the field. Illustrated and written in Harting’s characteristic lively style, it remains a notable contribution to 19th-century sporting literature.

Publisher's advertisements at rear dated September 1895.

Freeman 1571. Not in Mullens & Swann.

Condition

8vo, recased in orig. plum cloth, new endpapers, professional repair to head of spine, bevelled boards, lightly rubbed, gilt title to spine. Some foxing/browning to flyleaves, small, light stain to bottom corner of first half of text block. Good.