J. Wentworth Day — Sporting Adventure

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated sporting classic, with a signed House of Lords letter from close confidant of President Kennedy, Lord Harlech, loosely inserted. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Front wrap of original dust wrapper loosely inserted. First edition.Illustrated with a thirteen photogravure plates including a frontispiece, and numerous line-drawings by 'Fish-Hawk&apos. Collated, complete. A collection of sporting essays recounting field sports, shooting, and rural life, with lively accounts of game shooting, countryside traditions, and sporting anecdotes. The work is divided by each month, describing the birds and nature of each month.Loosely inserted is a typed letter on House of Lords paper, signed by William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech. Lord Harlech served as British Ambassador to the United States (1961-1965) and was a close confidant of President Kennedy, playing a key role in Anglo-American relations during the Cold War, he later chaired the British Film Institute. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight fading to spine and extremities. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very slight spot of damp staining to rear board. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Slight offsetting with the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with light scattered spotting to fore edge, heavier to first and last few leaves. Small 1" closed tear to fore edge of pp. 201-202, not affecting the text. Very Good . Ill.: Fish-Hawk. Very Good .