Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Higginson, A. Henry
Title:
Peter Beckford, esquire, sportsman, traveller, man of letters; a biography by A. Henry Higginson.
Published / Created:
London, Collins, 1937.
Physical Description:
3 p.l., 5-307 p. front., illus., plates, ports., facsim. 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 1082
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Beckford 465: Author's presentation inscription to James T. Babb.

Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers.

Bibliography: p. 302-303.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 447

BAC: British Art Center copy: Smooth calico grey cloth; gold lettering and decoration stamped on front cover and spine. Half-title, frontispiece, title-page, 9 plates of collotypes, plate of halftone-photoengraving, 13 halftone-photoengravings in text, line-photoengraving on title-page. Some illustrations and plates are after Lionel Edwards. Spine height: 9 1/2 inches.
Subject Terms:
Beckford, Peter, 1740–1811. | Fox hunting. | Higginson, A. Henry -- Presentation inscription to James T. Babb. | Babb, James T. (James Tinkham) 1899–1968 -- Presentation inscription from A.H. Higginson.