Fifty Years and More of Sport in Scotland, The Duke of Portland, 1933

Fifty Years and More of Sport in Scotland is the Duke of Portland's engaging memoir of deerstalking, salmon fishing, grouse shooting and country pursuits between 1880 and 1932. Written with charm, detail and a keen eye for landscape and tradition, it offers a first-hand record of Scottish field sports at the turn of the century, illustrated with fine plates and supported by two fold-out maps. Both a personal reminiscence and a valuable historical source, it captures a vanished era of Highland estates, stalking lodges and sporting travel, making it an appealing volume for collectors of Scottish sporting history.

Fifty Years and More of Sport in Scotland; Deerstalking, Salmon Fishing, Grouse Shooting and Other Pleasant Memories 1880-1932, by The Duke of Portland K.G., G.C.V.O.

Published by Faber and Faber Limited, London. 1933 first edition. Printed by R. Maclehose and Company Limited, The University Press, Glasgow.

A good blue linen hardback with gilt titles to front and spine. Covers a little worn,  rubbed and bumped, with some fading to colour, but all soundly bound. Some spotting to endpapers.

Text is very good. Largely clean and bright with occasional light scattered spot and spotting to the rough cut vertical edge. Gilt top edge. Plates are well presented.

174pp + (36) Plates, including frontispiece + 2 fold-out maps at the rear. All as called for. 

Language: English.

Dimensions: Approximately 284mm high x 203mm wide x 29mm deep.

Unpacked weight approximately 1060g.