Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries. Edited with an Introduction by Eric Parker.
London: Philip Allan, 1931. 22.5cm, the first edition, vii,300p., frontis portrait, with 11 plates, index, orange cloth, expertly restored, A Very Good Copy. Item #43987
Colonel Peter Hawker (1786-1853) was a celebrated diarist and author, and accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and, on occasion, reported in The Times. Eric Parker has edited Colonel Hawker's diaries and added an introduction. This volume includes his diaries from 1802 to 1853, which contain observations of Europe, including Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, before and after the Napoleonic period. (Wiki).
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