HARD UP ON PEGASUS. By Hugh B.C. Pollard. With illustrations by Gilbert Holiday.
1931 1st edition. Large 8vo (150 x 241mm). Pp208. Two-colour illustrations by Gilbert Holiday, top-edge gilt. Red buckram, spine titled in gilt.
This is an interesting and entertaining selection of stories and articles on hunting and horses. Includes some good illustrations. Articles include: The opening meet; The show card; Point-to-pointers; Horse, please; School days; Professor pony; Mode and the Moss-Trooper; Mares' nests; Woolworth horses; A Platonic dialogue; A point of view; A marriage has been arranged... ; Scent lies; The lovely road; Frost and other curses; Potted history*. This copy has a note to the front end-paper, in Edwards' hand, reading, "Lionel Edwards, from Q(?).v. Carl. Christmas 1931".
This is an interesting and entertaining selection of stories and articles on hunting and horses. Includes some good illustrations. Articles include: The opening meet; The show card; Point-to-pointers; Horse, please; School days; Professor pony; Mode and the Moss-Trooper; Mares' nests; Woolworth horses; A Platonic dialogue; A point of view; A marriage has been arranged... ; Scent lies; The lovely road; Frost and other curses; Potted history*. This copy has a note to the front end-paper, in Edwards' hand, reading, "Lionel Edwards, from Q(?).v. Carl. Christmas 1931".
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Book Code
41856
| Author | Pollard (Major Hugh Bertie Campbell). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 41856 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Cloth stained and slightly bumped, slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. Lionel Edwards' copy, his name to end-paper*. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1931 |
| Publisher | Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers). |
| Place | London. |