REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE THOMAS ASSHETON SMITH, ESQ. A FAMOUS FOX-HUNTER, OR THE PURSUITS OF AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. By Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart.

# (1859) 1902 6th edition. 8vo (127 x 193mm). Ppxvi,281,xviiii appendices. B/w frontispiece, plates of b/w engravings. White ruled borders to red cloth, gilt fox's mask motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt.

# "After the death of Mr. Assheton-Smith, his Widow entertained a strong desire to rescue his character from the reflections which had been cast upon it by one of the leading journals. Feeling that justice had not been done him, she requested the author, who may rather be called the compiler, of the following narrative, to draw up a memoir". An extensive and detailed sporting biography drawn chiefly from articles published in the Field during Assheton-Smith's lifetime and the anecdotes of friends.