WebDetails about The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802 1853 2 Volumes Hardback 1988 Reprints See original listing. The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802 1853 2 Volumes Hardback 1988 Reprints: Condition:--not specified. Ended: Jan 16, 2024. Winning bid: GBP 15.00. Approximately US $18.65 ... WebUS$ 3,658.48. [Firearms reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.xvi; 150. Publisher's drab grey paper-covered boards, printed title label to spine, edges untrimmed. Contents clean, covers a little bumped and marked, joints worn, chipped to crown of spine. A very good example of a rare book in first edition.
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WebThe Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker - 1802-1853 - Vol. II. Hawker, Peter. Published by Parker Press (2011) ISBN 10: 1446066959 ISBN 13: 9781446066959. New Softcover Quantity: > 20. Print on Demand. Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE. Colonel Peter Hawker (24 November 1786 – 7 August 1853) was a celebrated diarist and author, and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and on occasion considered worth reporting in The Times. See more Born in London to Colonel Peter Ryves Hawker and Mary Wilson Hawker (née Yonge), Peter Hawker was educated at Eton and entered military service in 1801 by purchasing a commission as a cornet in The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) See more Hawker is best known today for his published works on the sporting activities of shooting, wildfowling and fishing. Hawker published his "Advice to Young Sportsmen" in 1814, a popular work with nine impressions in his lifetime, the latest paper edition … See more Hawker was a keen amateur musician, studying the piano under Henri Bertini and regularly playing the organ at his local church. This interest in music was not limited to playing. … See more Hawker was married first in 1811 to Julia, only daughter of Major Hooker Barttelot, making the family home in Longparish with a cottage in Keyhaven. After Julia's death in 1844, Hawker … See more Hawker served with the 14th Light Dragoons under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. He led his squadron in the Battle of Douro (6 May 1809), his regiment thereby earning the battle honour "Douro" for its colours. He received a serious … See more Hawker's attitudes to guns and shooting have been criticised and parodied from a modern viewpoint in The Economist (in connection with teaching children how to shoot), and in The … See more Hawker's inventiveness extended to the development of "detonating" firearms – the percussion lock) and punt gunning. He also claims in his diary to have invented a "smokeless … See more http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/20th-october-1894/19/the-diary-of-colonel-peter-hawker human resource institute oxon hill md