Sports Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England. Scotland, Ireland, Italy and the Sunny South

Reynardson, C.T.S Birch. Sport Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England, Scotland, Ireland Italy and the Sunny South. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun Riviere. Illustrated with 6 full page colour illustrations (including frontis). 8.5 X 5.5 (20.5 X 13.5). [3]; half-title; [2]; illustrated frontis; illustrated title page; [1]; dedication; [1]; contents; [1]; list of illustrations; [1]; half-title; pp.1-294; [3]. 3/4 Brown Morocco, decorated pastel marble endpapers. Raised bands on spine, with six segments. Gilt upper page edges. Gilt details including beautifully stamped game animals, as well as. title and author detail. Binding is sound and interior pages are bright and readable. "Reminisces of the chase, wild flowering, and deer-stalking, with a chapter, fishing anecdotes, which narrates among other tales, the author's capture of a 22lb trout from Lake Constance and another chapter on Chub and Welper (welsh catfish) in Switzerland." Dedicated to the Modern British Sportsman to those who love, as I have loved in times long past and gone, sports of various kinds. Bayntun Rivière is one of the last great Victorian family-owned binderies. wth one of the largest collections of hand tools in the world. Their bindings are sought out by collectors all over the world.