1914 Modern Pig-Sticking

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. 

In the publisher's original navy cloth, with gilt illustration to the front board. 

This volume covers the natural history, clubs and notable cups of pig sticking, a distinctive form of boar hunting. The author interlaces chapters on choosing/training horses, the art of spearing and characteristics of pigs etc. with correspondence and memoirs of other hunters. 

Written by Alexander Ernest Wardrop, a British Army General who rose to high rank in the 1930s. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six monochrome plates. Collated, complete. 

With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.