"The Druid" was a pseudonym for Henry Hall Dixon. Cf. British Library Public Catalogue.

Date based on information in Topp, Chester. Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. IV, 1999.

T.p. is a cancel.

Publisher's device printed on t.p.

Includes "Preface." dated 1862 (p. [iii]-iv).

Wood-engraved plates included in pagination. Plates are unsigned and without imprint. Both are with title captions.

Issued as number 3 in "The Druid" Sporting Series. Cf. Topp, Chester.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at end.

"Two Shillings"--Spine.

At head of cover title and on spine: ""The Druid" Sporting Series".

Topp, Chester. Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. IV, p. 58.

MASS copy: Bound in glazed light yellow paper-covered boards printed in red, blue and black. Upper cover printed with titling and wood-engraved illustration of a man with two horses and a child watching another man on a rearing horse. Illustration is unsigned. Lower cover printed in black with publisher's advertisement. Inside of upper and all sides of lower endpapers printed with publisher's advertisements. Spine is with the same design and lower cover is with the same advertisement as used on McLean Y 0026.