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    By John Colquhoun
    London   William Blackwood and Sons
    7.5" by 5" vii, 255, 20pp.
    A smart first edition of this detailed commentary of the sporting life of the author.
    By John Colquhoun

    1866 Sporting Days

    London   William Blackwood and Sons
    7.5" by 5" vii, 255, 20pp.
    A smart first edition of this detailed commentary of the sporting life of the author.
    £40.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 903T22
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    First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    First edition. A detailed commentary on the sporting life of the author, with chapters on sea-fowl shooting, deer-driving, loch salmon fishing, seal shooting, angling, the wilds, and more. Written by John Colquhoun, a Scottish sportsman and sportswriter. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.

    Condition

    In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and small marks to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. The odd pencil annotation. A tear to the half-title. Booth Bird Museum Brighton bookplate to the front pastedown with their ink stamp to the front endpaper and the odd page.

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