F P Delme Radcliffe:. The noble science; a few general ideas on fox-hunting, for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen, and more especially those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club.. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1839., 1839.

Price: US$64.59 + shipping

Description: First edition (hardback). 8vo, xii, 327pp. Frontsispiece, plates and text illustrations (mostly by the author's brother, C D Radcliffe). Publisher's red cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board, top edge gilt. The binding is rather rubbed and dusty, there is some foxing of the preliminary pages, and a bookplate; overall, this book is in good condition. Author's presentation copy, inscribed "Walter Coulston Esq from the author, January 4th 1864" on the front free endpaper.

Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom