Crawhall, Joseph (“Jeffrey Gorcock”)

FIRST EDITION, 4to (287 x 221mm.), lithographed throughout (with the exception of one etched plate), illustrations, lithographed invitation to the annual meeting of the Park House Club bound in, signed by Thomas Crawhall and addressed to Joseph Bainbridge, contemporary buckram-covered stiff boards, some toning to the leaves, spine worn

Schwerdt 1:212; Riling 417

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AN EXTREMELY RARE WORK. Riling speculates that “the issue of this book probably did not exceed twenty copies”, and Schwerdt notes that “during thirty years we have seen only one other copy, and that incomplete”.

The plates show various different strategies for shooting grouse, and are highly amusing as well as practical. Crawhall notes that he presents his observations “with the experience of Fifty Seasons mellowed by a Thousand Gallons of Whisky”.