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Higginson, A. Henry

Letters from an old sportsman to a young one

1929

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Letters from an old sportsman to a young one /, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1929, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Creator

    Higginson, A. Henry

  • Title(s)

    Letters from an old sportsman to a young one / by A. Henry Higginson ; illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

  • Published/Created

    Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1929.

  • Physical Description

    xvi, 248, [3] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 24 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Sporting 1078
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Illustrated lining papers.
    "This book is set in Scotch-face and printed on Aurelian paper by D.B. Updike, the Merrymount press, Boston. First regular edition, of 1500 copies published October 25, 1929."
    "The author ... has ... given to those who are interested ... in cross country racing as well as hunting, his ... views on the subjects."--Foreward.
    Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 369
    BAC: British Art Center copy: Calico-texture green cloth; gold lettering on front cover and spine, top edge deep green. Half-title, color frontispiece, title-page, plate of color halftone-photoengraving, 21 line-photoengravings in text, line-photoengraving on title-page. Plates after Lionel Edwards. Text illustrations by J.I. Chamberlain. First Regular Edition of 1500 copies. Spine height: 9 3/8 inches.
  • Subject Terms

    Fox hunting. |
    Horse racing. |
    Horsemanship. |
    Horses.

  • Contributors

    Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966

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