London, Collins, 1936, 1936. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Very good plus original buckram cloth covers in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. Internally fine. Numerous black and white sketches and 12 colour tipped-in plates by the author. Large folio.
Snaffles was born Charlie John Payne in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire in 1884 and died in Wiltshire in 1967. He developed an early passion for hunting in all its forms, and the Services which, as he tells us, "in those days went hand in hand". For well over seventy years he was to be a keen follower of all types of hounds on horseback.
Field sports and army life on the North-West Frontier in India and in Somaliland and Aden includes pig sticking exploits with brief notes on sabur and tiger.
- Jacket Condition: Very Good +
- Binding Condition: Very Good +
- Overall Condition: Very Good+
- Size: Folio
- Sold By: White Eagle Books
- Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
- Country: United Kingdom
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 020 8997 9894
- Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal
- Trade Associations: PBFA IOBA
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