FOREST, FIELD AND FLOOD

BEING STORIES OF ADVENTURES

IN SPORT, TRAVEL AND WAR


LONDON, WARD, LOCK & BOWDEN


No date, circa 1897


Three books in one. Wild Sports, about early big game hunters. Brave British Soldiers,  A General Account of the Regiments of the British Army and early winners of the Victoria Cross and Robinson Crusoe.


CONTENTS

WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD, A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ADVENTURE. JAMES GREENWOOD


BRAVE BRITISH SOLDIERS AND THE VICTORIA CROSS.


THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, WITH MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. DANIEL DEFOE.


21 x 14 cm. xxii + 426 pp. viii + 384 pp + plates. xxxi + 384pp. All edges gilt.


CONDITION

Green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout, and some colour. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Visible marks overall. Binding is somewhat shaky, but pages remain intact.