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CARTER, SAM & GATACRE, KATE - Compiled and edited by: : GENTLEMAN'S PURSUITS: A COUNTRY MISCELLANY FOR THE DISCERNING - FROM THE PAGES OF COUNTRY LIFE

LONDON.SIMON & SHUSTER ILLUSTRATED BOOKS,2012.

ISBN 9781849837668.

UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Compiled and edited by SAM CARTER & KATE GATACRE - with series consultant John Goodall,and Country Life Editor Mark Hedges.]FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and apart from the price-clipped dw/dj - virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,matt sage green,grey+white background design with b/w roundels illustrated dw/dj with black+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,clean and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain grey cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate sage-green endpapers with a black vignette illustration to each of the free endpapers.UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,iv-xpp+2-241pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,foreword by Mark Hedges,12 sections/ chapters,profuse b/w contemporary illustrations+ photographs taken from the magazine 'Country Life' interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated],title-page and publisher's b/w line illustrated advert to rear. Being a gentleman takes much more than merely dressing the part.Which horse to back in the 3.15 at Sandown,what gun to take for an elephant or a duck and how to sail a model yacht - all are important to the mannered man. From its very first publication,Country Life's pages were full of the most valuable knowledge, covering every aspect of adventure,manners,dress and sporting excellence to which a gentleman should aspire. Country Life magazine has set the standard for the illustrated periodical since its birth in 1897. World-renowned for the quality of its writing and the comprehensiveness of its archive,it has charted,with charm and humour,all aspects of rural life in Britain.For the first time,its entire archive has been made available,and these selections provide a snapshot of the riches within. Somerset Maughan wrote that the only value of being a gentleman lay in the fact that it wasn't a pretence.This privileged look into the archives of 'Country Life' shows us the real gentleman at work and at play.Beyond the classic triumvirate of hunting,shooting and fishing,we have meditations on idleness,expert analysis of pipe smoking and ruminations on the charm of early motoring.And all this alongside the most exacting of sartorial advice: 'Country Life' well knew that only God forgives the badly dressed. Mark Hedges: 'Since it's first publication in 1897 during the reign of Queen Victoria,'Country Life' has recorded the full and bewildering variety of activities,enthusiasms and sports at which a British gentleman might proudly excel.' Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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