BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION.

BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93).  The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon ... With Numerous Illustrations Printed in Colours, and Engravings on Wood. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 8vo (213 x 138mm). Coloured lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates by J. Brandard after the author (without a half title, some mainly marginal staining and spotting, one plate more heavily stained at the fore-edge with a short tear and slight fraying, a large black stain to the margin of one plate, not affecting image). Attractively bound in modern green half morocco, the spine gilt in compartments, new endpapers. Provenance: From the Collection of Wilfrid Ward (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. Chute Shooting Flying: A Bibliography of Shooting Books 1598-1930 19; Czech Asia pp.19-20; Goonetileke A Bibliography of Ceylon 2078.