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Ladies in the field : sketches of sport

Title
Ladies in the field : sketches of sport / edited by the Lady Greville.
Publication
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1894.
Manufacture
Edinburgh : Colston and Company, printers
Physical Description
v, [3], 287, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original green cloth, stamped in gold and silver. Armorial bookplate: Walter Jennings. Inscribed: "To Mrs. Walter Jennings, from F.C.S. 12/97. Hoping she will continue to encourage sport by her [illegible] & sympathy."
Notes
Printer's statement from foot of page 287.
"New publications."--Page [288].
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 25, 2011
Contents
Riding in Ireland and India / by the Lady Greville
Hunting in the Shires
Horses and their riders / by the Duchess of New Castle
The wife of M. F. H. / by Mrs. Chaworth Musters
Fox hunting
Team and tandem driving / by Miss Rosie Anstruther Thompson
Tigers I have shot / by Mrs. C. Martelli
Rifle shooting / by Miss Leale
Deer-stalking and deer-driving / by Diane Chasseresse
Covert shooting / by Lady Boynton
A kangaroo hunt / by Mrs. Jenkins
Cycling / by Mrs. E.R. Penell
Punting, by Miss Sybil Salaman.
References
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 255
Genre/Form
Publishers advertisements.
Also listed under
Greville, Violet, Lady, 1842-1932, editor.
D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
Colston and Company, printer.
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