[SPORT] [ART] EDWARDS, Lionel

My Hunting Sketch Book; Volumes I & II

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928, 1930. First U.K. Editions. Two Volumes. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's grey heavy grain cloth with paper title labels to front boards. [xiv]; 28pp.; [xvi]; 40pp. Strong and resilient, light bumping and scuffing to extremities, some minor soiling of the pale cloth and paper labels; internally clean and bright, illustrated throughout with full page color reproductions of 27 of Edwards' fox-hunting scenes. A very good, strong copy.

Lionel Edwards was one of the most recogniseable artists of British sporting scenes, and a well-known author and book illustratorwho specialized in fox-hunting, equestrian scenes, fishing and shooting, providing many pieces for the UK's "Country Life" and "The Graphic" magazines, but also illustrating children's classics by Stevenson, Sewell etc.

Price: $375.00

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