The Lonsdale Anthology of Sporting Prose & Verse: Vol. XII. Edited & With an Introduction by Eric Parker (HQ319)

Published 1932: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original brown embossed cloth with gilt title no jacket. 376 very clean and bright pages, previous owners tidy label on inner cover, one loose page. Slight fading on boards consistent with age. (HQ319)

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A well illustrated volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, series edited by the Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker, also the editor for this volume. Eric Parker (1870-1955) was Editor-in-Chief of The Field and a writer on sport, topography and natural history. This wide ranging anthology includes sections on angling, shooting, hunting, riding and driving, racing, cricket, football, tennis, golf, winter sports, fencing, rowing, archery, yachting, swimming, etc.

An anthology of sporting prose and poetry. The largest sections are on angling, game shooting, hunting and cricket, but also includes pieces on deer-stalking, racing, pig-sticking, golf, boxing, archery, mountaineering, swimming and "various." Google Books: