Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country: with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom MoodyRandall, John
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Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country: with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody
Randall, John
Forester, George, -1811; Hunting -- England -- Shropshire; Shropshire (England) -- History
_With Five full-page Engravings_, _Thirty-one smaller_
_Illustrations_, _and Map of the Country_, _showing Routes_.
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The following is a recent Review of the Book:—
“We do not know any similar kind of work, and we believe that it will
stand alone in the speciality of its interest.
“In addition to much adventure resulting from a nomadic life in a
foreign country, it contains descriptions of scenery, besides
information which may instruct the philologist. A carefully prepared
map shows the routes and camp grounds of the Author’s nomadic
expedition.
“The work, in consequence of the death of his late Majesty, Carl XV.,
on the 18th Sept., 1872, is dedicated by permission of his present
Majesty, Oscar II., ‘_In Memoriam_.’
“The work has clearly been undertaken at considerable cost, and the
scenes of travel described extend over nearly 2,000 miles of sea and
land traversed by the Author with tents, gipsies, animal
commissariat, and baggage, independent of any other shelter or
accommodation than what he took with him. In the course of the
expedition one of the highest waterfalls of Norway was visited,
‘Morte fos,’ and the highest mountain in Norway, the ‘Galdhossiggen’
was ascended. The book is cheap at a guinea, being illustrated with
five full-page engravings, all of which are taken from the Author’s
original sketches, or photographs specially obtained for the purpose;
they are beautiful works of Art, and are admirably executed by the
celebrated Mr. Edward Whymper, Author of ‘Scrambles amongst the
Alps.’”
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LONDON: S. KING & CO., 63, CORNHILL;
AND 72, PATERNOSTER ROW.
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[Picture: Decorative graphic with letters C S N on it, underneath which
is written Coalport]
JOHN ROSE & CO.,
_PORCELAIN MANUFACTURERS_,
COALPORT, SHROPSHIRE.
_Five minutes’ walk from Coalport Station on the Severn Valley and_
_Shropshire Union Railways_.
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MEDAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, 1820.
FIRST CLASS MEDAL, EXHIBITION, 1851.
First Class Medal, Paris Exhibition, 1855.
FIRST CLASS MEDAL, EXHIBITION, 1862.
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The _Court Journal_, speaking of the productions exhibited by William
Pugh, Esq., May, 1871, says—
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