Lionel Edwards — My Hunting Sketchbook

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on hunting from British artist Lionel Edwards. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour plates, and many small sketches. Collated complete. A charming collection of short written extracts and country scenes from the author's experiences hunting. With chapters on Bicester, Hertfordshire, Cottesmore, Warwickshire, York, Devon, and more. Written and illustrated by Lionel Edwards, a British artist who specialised in painting horses and other aspects of British country life. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Front panel detached but present. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Closed tears to the spine sympathetically repaired with tape to the internal side. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Further spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Lionel Edwards. Very Good/Good Only.