1887 ROUGH RIDERS Provenance SHOOTING Pheasant Hunting Trapping Roosevelt

1887 ROUGH RIDERS Provenance SHOOTING Pheasant Hunting Trapping Roosevelt

“Shooting: Field and Covert” is a 19^th-century authoritative guide to British shooting sports, co-authored by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, an English politician and naturalist, and Sir Ralph William Frankland Payne-Gallwey, an engineer and ballistics expert. The book aims to be an encyclopedic resource for both novices seeking instruction and seasoned practitioners looking to refine their skills in various forms of shooting, such as partridge, pheasant, and rabbit hunting. With contributions from the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J. Stuart-Wortley, the text covers a wide range of topics, from the history of gun-making and the selection of firearms to the management of game, dog training, and addressing the challenges posed by poachers. It features over 100 engravings, including full-page plates and in-text woodcuts, by artists like Harper Pennington and G.E. Lodge. This work, part of The Badminton Library, represents a significant effort by enthusiasts and experts to compile a comprehensive guide for the English sportsman.

“Shooting: Field and Covert” is the 5th installment of the 33-volume series “The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes”. This series, initiated by Longmans, Green & Co. and overseen by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, was designed to offer comprehensive insights into major British sports and pastimes between 1885-1920.

Item number: #41575

Price: $550

WALSINGHAM, Lord; PAYNE-GALLWEY, Sir Ralph

Shooting: Field and Covert. By Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bt. With Contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A.J. Stuart-Wortley. Badminton Library.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • xv, [1], 357, [3]
  • 103 engravings
    • 11 full-page plates (including frontispiece)
    • 92 in-text woodcuts
  • Provenance:
    • Handwritten – Woodbury Kane, 1889
      • Captain Woodbury Kane (1859–1905) was an American yachtsman, bon vivant, and member of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. He also was a noted hunter of big game, both in North America and South Africa. He served with distinction alongside Roosevelt in the Rough Riders, remembered both for his gallantry and impeccable style. This inscription includes that the book was gifted to Kane by “L.L.K & S.K.K.,” likely his sisters Louisa Langdon Kane and Sybil Kent Kane, prominent socialites of the Gilded Age in New York as relatives and friends of the Astor family.
    • Bookplate – Dr. George H. Conn
      • Conn was a 20^th-century equestrian author.
    • Handwritten – James A. Bromley
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Cloth
  • Size: ~7.75in X 5.75in (19.5cm x 14.5cm)

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