Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters. Embracing "The Warwick Woodlands," "My Shooting Box, ".

by Herbert, Henry William ("Frank Forester")

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Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1881. Fifth edition. Two frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Spines faded, extremities rubbed. Shaken, hinges cracked, front flyleaf of vol. I lacking. Presentation copy, inscribed by Will Wildwood (Fred Pond) on first blank. Fifth edition. Two frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. Contains the excerpts from his celebrated work, "The Quorndon Hounds" and "The Deerstalkers". This edition includes a life of the author by "Will Wildwood" (Fred Pond), and much new material by Herbert, including the Vale of Warwick and the obituary of Tom Draw. Phillips 173; Van Winkle p. 63; BAL 8177; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 181 (note)

• Publisher: T.B. Peterson & Brothers
• Year: 1881
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Binding: unknown

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