A Sporting Tour Through The Northern Parts Of England, And Great Part Of The Highlands Of Scotland; Including Remarks On English And Scottish Landscape, And General Observations On the State Of Society and Manners by Thornton, Colonel T - 1804

Edward Arnold, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. No Edition Remarks. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound cream paper with green marbled paper covered boards. Full title: A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland. Black and white and colour illustrated plates throughout. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to spine. Heavy wear marks overall.

London: Vernor and Hood, 1804. First edition. Leather. Good. 11" by 9". Mr. Garrard. The first edition of this famous sportsman's account of fishing, hunting and shooting in the highlands of Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this illustrated study of sports in the Scottish highlands and North of England, from English sportsman Colonel Thomas Thornton, best known for hunting and other outdoor sports.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifteen further engraved plates, the majority retaining their original tissue guards. With the majority of plates being the work of Mr. Garrard. Collated, complete.A delightful account of a famous sportsman's time shooting, fishing and hawking in the Scottish highlands, with discussions of seal and deer hunting and salmon fishing, and with amusing discussions of local customs.In 1805, Sir Walter Scott praised the work in the Edinburgh Review. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Bumping and rubbing to board perimeters, with… Read More