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Beckford, Peter. Thoughts on Hunting : In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. Printed by E. Easton. Sold by P. Elmsley . 1781, Sarum, 1781.

Price: US$584.80 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 334 pp. Contemporary full calf. Sympthetically rebacked with raised bands and leather title label. Wear to corners & board edges. Minor spotting internally. With the half-title. Two plates at rear. Bartolozzi frontispiece of Diana. Binding firm. Small 4to.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Beckford Peter. Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a Friend. Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, Sarum, London, 1781.

Price: US$617.28 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book measures 8 x 6 1/2 inches. Collation, [8],334pp, engraved frontis, 2 full page plates, half title present. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full calf, raised bands, gilt rule line on boards, inner gilt lines, marble endpapers. Probably bound 60 plus years ago. Calf slighly faded on spine, light faded marking on boards,[ probably polish ]. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages in good clean condition. A very nice well bound copy. Size: Small Quarto

Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom

[Beckford, Peter]. Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a Friend. Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, Sarum, 1781.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, with half-title. Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches). The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions, few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I, p. 56; Gee, Sportsman's Library p. 8 ("The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"); Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 40-41 Bound in original paper spine and marbled boards, TOTALLY UNCUT. Full brown morocco solander box Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches)

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

[BECKFORD, Peter.]. THOUGHTS ON HUNTING, IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS TO A FRIEND.. Ed. E. Easton. Sarum (Salisbury), 1781, 1781.

Price: US$846.43 + shipping

Description: . 20,5 cm. Frontispicio grabado por F. Bartolozzi, 4 h., 334 pág. y 2 lám. Enc. en pergamino reciente, lomera rotulada, cortes jaspeados. * Primera edición de este clásico de la caza. Aparece sin el nombre del autor, pero sí que está en la siguiente de 1782. Trata sobre los perros, la caza del zorro, la liebre, etc. Caza.

Seller: Libreria Anticuaria Farré, Barcelona, BARCE, Spain

Peter Beckford. Thoughts on Hunting In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. E. Easton, Sarum (Salisbury}, 1781.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of this influential work on hunting, written by prominent member of the fox hunting community, Peter Beckford. The first edition of the work. ESTC Citation T222530. Pages 303-310 misnumbered as called for. With half title, frontispiece of Diana preparing for the hunt and two plates depicting stables. Collated complete. Plates are by Bartolozzi after Cipriani. Thoughts on Hunting is a seminal work on the subject of fox hunting, noted not only for its description on the sport itself, but also for its description of the day-to-day elements of animal husbandry. The work is considered one of the most significant contributions to sporting literature. The first edition of an influential work, complete with the scarce half title and plates. In half straight grain morocco with marbled boards. Rebacked with spine laid down. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the boards and extremities leading to slight loss to the leather. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with age toning, slightly heavier to the first and last few leaves. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

[Beckford, Peter]. Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a Friend. Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, Sarum [i.e. Salisbury, England], 1781.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, with half-title. Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana, by Bartolozzi, the plan and elevation of a kennel (at the end). [10], 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo [19.5x15.6 cm. (7-3⁄4 x 6-1⁄4")]. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions, few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I, p. 56; Gee, Sportsman's Library p. 8 ("The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"); Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, pp. 40-41 Bound in period full calf, black morocco spine label and five raised bands. Custom red cloth dust jacket and open-faced slipcase. Armorial bookplate of Sir Warwick Morshead. A few small minor scuffs to leather, else very fine Engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates comprising depiction of the Goddess Diana, by Bartolozzi, the plan and elevation of a kennel (at the end). [10], 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo [19.5x15.6 cm. (7-3⁄4 x 6-1⁄4")]

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

[BECKFORD, Peter, 1740-1811]. [Rural Sports] [Fox-Hunting] Thoughts on hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend. printed by E. Easton: sold by P. Elmsley, in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James Street; London; and W. Sollers, Blandford, Sarum [Salisbury], 1781.

Price: US$1865.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, complete with half-title, of this "corner-stone of a huntsman's library." (Gee) Small 4to: [10],334pp (pp. 303-310 misnumbered 301-308), with engraved frontispiece of Diana preparing for the hunt by Bartolozzi after Cipriani and two engraved plates (plan and elevation of stables). Contemporary tree calf, spine in six compartments between raised bands, elaborately tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled edges and end papers, three green silk ribbon markers. Fine, wide-margined copy on heavy paper, virtually pristine. Lowndes I, 136. Rothschild 350 (second edition, 1782). Schwerdt I, 56 ("A famous book on this subject"). Gee, p. 8. Sterling Library 35. Beckford was the first English writer to describe minutely and accurately the whole sport of hunting. "Beckford's works were remarkable because they detailed the grubby nitty-gritty of animal husbandry in a light, eloquent prose. . . . [He] offered detailed advice on all aspects of animal welfare, specializing at various periods in the breeding of harriers, foxhounds, and buck-hounds. Almost a hundred years later his tips on various practical topics were quoted in D. P. Blaine's authoritative An Encyclopædia of Rural Sports. (ODNB) "'Never,'" wrote a writer in the Retrospective Review, "had fox or hare the honour of being chased to death by so accomplished a hunter; never was huntsman's dinner graced by such urbanity and wit. He would bag a fox in Greek, find a hare in Latin, inspect his kennels in Italian, and direct the economy of his stables in exquisite French'". (DNB). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.