Book Details
| Author: | Gillmore, Parker ("Ubique"): |
| Title: | Leaves From a Sportsman's Diary. |
| Published: | London: Gibbings & Company Ltd., 1896. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 05a - Country sports |
| Description: | Second edition. vii, 341 pp + 1 pp ads. Frontispiece - portrait of Gillmore. A volume aimed at the largely increasing class of "Sportsmen Naturalists". A collection of 53 sporting anecdotes including: Bears and Beavers, Ferocity of Eagles, Spingbok, Dog Breaking, Weight of Elephants' Tusks, Gun-Shy Dogs, Wildfowl Shooting in the Western States, Lake Parmachini , Newfoundland Dog, Snipe Shooting, Canada Goose, Giraffe Hunting, American Bears Rifles, Bullets etc. etc. Some light foxing on eps and title only. Text clean. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Vignette of salmon on front board and elephant on spine. Top and bottom of spine lightly bumped. Corners very lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #6921 |
| Price: | € 42.00 |
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