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Zustand: Fair. 1934. 2nd Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Tear to final page, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). (1933) 1934 2nd impression. 8vo (145 x 220mm). Pp288 + 8pp publisher's advertisements. B/w photograph plates. Blue-green cloth, blind-ruled border to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used & bumped. A good copy without dust-wrapper. "In venturing, as a mere member of that heterogeneous assembly, the Field, to tell what I have gleaned about Hares and Hounds during many delightful years of sport, I feel deeply conscious of the danger of setting out over such uncharted waters without having a Master on board to guide and direct me in the course I should go, but I feel that my efforts to record in simple and non-technical language some of the mysteries of the sport will not have been made in vain if they stimulate a wider interest in and love of the gentle art of Beagling." (From the author's preface). Contents include:- Section One: Introductory - Short history of hunting and beagling; General remarks on beagling for beginners; Motives and minor joys of beagling; Your hunt and your hunting education; The master; The whippers-in or whips; The field; Section Two: The Hare at Home - Natural order and biological classification; Distribution and general characteristics of the genus Lepus (a) the common brown hare, (b) the blue or mountain hare, (c) the rabbit; Daily lives and habits of the common brown hare of Britain (Lepus europeus occidentalis); Section Three: "Hounds, genltlemen, please: make way for hounds, gentlemen, please!" - The origins of the dog; The origins and general characteristics of hounds; Physical characteristics of the beagle in detail; Working characteristics of the beagle in detail; The life of a beagle; The breeding of beagles; Section Four: "The hunt is up!" - General account of a day's hunt; The meet; Drawing; Riot; Running; Checks; The sounds of the chase; Scent; The wiles of the hunted hare; The kill. .

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Skeleton in the Cupboard | Volume 1 | Jane Jobson Scott | Taschenbuch | 296 S. | Englisch | 2018 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337423247 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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