Hunting England : a survey of the sport, and of its chief grounds / by Sir William Beach Thomas ; illustrated from old prints and pictures, and from modern photographs.
Sir William Beach Thomas (1868-1957)
Category
Books
Date
1936
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260268
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii, [1], 120, 31, [1] p., plates : ill. (some col., 2 double) ; 23 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. Lacks final 32p. of publisher's advertisements. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine compartments; buff spine labels, gilt lettered: 'Hunting England' and 'Sir William Beach Thomas'; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Sir William Beach Thomas (1868-1957), author