BADEN-POWELL, Captain R. S. S. [ Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Baron Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1857-1941 ] .: Pigsticking. Or Hoghunting. A Complete Account for Sportsmen; and others. By Captain R. S. S. S. Baden Powell, 13th Hussars; Assist. Milit. Sec. , South Africa. Illustrated By The Author. , London: Published By Harrison & Sons, 589, Pall Mall, Booksellers to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1889 .

"Pigsticking, a sport second to none and invaluable to our prestige and supremacy in India, deserves, what it has not had for years, a book to itself." (see Preface). First edition. A very good original cloth binding. 8vo. pp.11/[5pp.]/pp.211/[1p.]/pp.16 (adverts), plus 25 full-page illustrations (including frontis) . Dark green cloth with bright gilt title and illustration to the front board, with similar to the spine. Boards lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Top page edges gilt, other edges rough-cut (deckled). Original coloured endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Previous owners signature to front free-endpaper: "G. Robertson M.D. Bonnyrigg". Clean throughout, except some toning to tissue guards and pages facing the illustrations. Two leaves with chips where the pages have been roughly separated. Contents include: Nature of Pigsticking - Introduced, As a School, The Native View, The Government View, Comparisons, What it Is; The Pig - Points of Pig, Haunts of Pig, "Rearing" Pig, Season for Hunting; What you Have to Contend With - Powers of Pig, Weapons, Difficulties of Ground; Animal Allies - Horses, Dogs; How to Succeed as a Pigsticker - Selection of Localiteis, Living in Camp, Riding to Pig. A very good copy of this scarce book. "Taking up pig-sticking with enthusiasm Baden-Powell of secured the blue ribbon of the sport in India the Kadir cup. This he won in 1883, a year in which there wre no fewer than fifty-four starters for that much coveted trophy, which is given by the Meerut Tent Club, the leading club of its kind in the whole of the northern part of India. And here is a significant fact to be recorded. On that memorable occasion "B.-P." rode a horse named patience. Patience and skill brought him " a full bowl of rich content," but we may be sure the pleasures of the chase wre as much to him as the token of victory." - See Baden-Powell The Hero Of Mafeking by W. Francis Aitken . (Book ref. 38354)  £275.00

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