The Horn: a lay of the Grassington fox-hounds / illustrated by Lionel Edwards, R. I.

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Chalmers, Patrick R. The Horn: a lay of the Grassington fox-hounds / illustrated by Lionel Edwards, R. I. London: Collins, 1937. First edition. Hardback, VG. Red cloth, somewhat bumped and rubbed with a little damage to the top of the spine and colour loss on reverse; black lettering to spine. Red endpapers. Colour frontispiece. 148pp., b/w illustrations throughout. Top of text block slightly dusty; contents clean and bright. Patrick Reginald Chalmers (27 June 1872 12 September 1942) was an Irish writer, who worked as a banker. His first book was Green Days and Blue Days (1912), followed by A Peck of Malt (1915). He wrote in a number of different areas, including field sports, deerstalking and horse racing, as well biographies of Kenneth Grahame and J. M. Barrie. He was a contributor to Punch magazine and The Field, and editor of the hunting diaries of Edward VIII (as Prince of Wales). He also wrote much poetry, with topics war, dogs and cats, and Irish life, as well as hunting and fishing. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Lionel Edwards (9 November 1878 13 April 1966) was a British artist who specialised in painting horses and other aspects of British country life. He is best known for his hunting scenes but also painted pictures of horse racing, shooting and fishing. He provided illustrations for Country Life, The Sphere, The Graphic and numerous books. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1644788841941

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