The Sportsman in Ireland by A Cosmopolite. A New Edition with Illustrations by P. Chenevix Trench. London: Arnold, 1897. Pp xv, 306, uncut. Half parchment & marbled paper boards. Covers lightly stained, publisher’s Presentation ink stamp to half-title.

First published in 1840, this is the third volume of ‘The Sportsman’s Library’ edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Containing six coloured plated and numerous other illustrations. A lively description of travel in search of sport, chiefly angling, in the West of Ireland. Interspersed with interesting or amusing anecdotes illustrating the character of the people and the history of the districts visited.