john mcmaster milling (1 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful first edition copy of Milling's travel work, in which he relates his earlier and current experiences shooting and hunting in Bermuda, India, and Ireland, with numerous illustrated plates. Very scarce first edition.Bound in half-calf on cloth boards.Illustrations include a frontispieceThis is a wonderfully written travel work by John M. Milling, in which the author spends a fair portion of his time fishing and hunting. Milling details his upbringing and his 'earliest sporting reminiscences', as well as his travels to Bermuda, India, and Ireland.Contents include 'Early Days', 'Adolescence', 'Ireland', and 'Nowhere in Particular'.Written by John McMaster Milling.Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to rear of text.Collated, complete. Bound in half-calf on cloth boards. Externally, excellent, with just a bit of fading and wear to the spine and top edge of boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins. Near Fine. book.