Biographies & Memoirs / Biography / The Squire of Bentley . Mrs Cheape by Maudie Ellis

• Book Title: The Squire of Bentley . Mrs Cheape
• Author: Maudie Ellis
• ISBN: mw0015161718
• Publisher: Blackwood
• Year Published: 1926
• Our Price: £55.00 GBP ($93.50 USD)
• Description: William Blackwood & Sons 1926: second edition: Red cloth hard cover approximately 6 x 9 inches tall: gilt lettering and decoration to front, black to spine : 399 pages including index: 130+ black and white photographic illustrations .Synopsis: A biography of countrywoman, famous in the world of field sports during the second half of the 19th century. Eventually known by everybody as The Squire, Maud Hemming was an accomplished and outstanding horsewoman by the age of 12 . After marrying Colonel Cheape , Master of the Western portion of Fife, and subsequently Master of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hounds, Mrs Cheape bred Highland ponies, polo ponies, Highland cattle and long - horned cattle on at Tiroran and Carsaig on the Isle of Mull, and at Bentley in Worcestershire. The biography contains chapters by J Fairfax - Blakeborough, and A S Barrow: the text is supported by black and white illustrations of country life in the late 1800's. Condition : spine ends and edges of cover rubbed : corners bumped: back cover discoloured: ownership inscription of Peter Farrelly, of the Quorn Hunt. Separation between front free end paper and following page: binding slightly loose: sporadic foxing through out: overall acceptable and collectable
• Condition: Collectable- Acceptable
• Dustcover: No
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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