1885 Sport: Fox-Hunting, Covert-Shooting, Salmon-Fishing, Deer-Stalking

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, twenty plates, and twenty-four vignettes. Collated complete. A descriptive guide to various field and gun sports of the British countryside, completed only days before the author's sudden death. This volume provides instruction and tips for successful outings when fox-hunting, salmon-fishing, covert-shooting, and deer-stalking, with reference to the different between real hunting and artificial shoots. Written by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport, a British Conservative Party politician. Illustrated by Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock, or Crealocke, a British soldier, artist, and author.