8vo. [4], 271pp, [7]. With both terminal and initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative three-tone cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing to boards, spine toned, and light surface wear to edges and corners. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP. Endpapers browned, lower hinge exposed. Very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of the most successful novel by Edward Herbert Cooper (1867–1910), journalist, novelist and Suffolk liberal unionist. Set in his hometown of Newmarket, the sporting novel received a new edition in 1904. Cooper, who was particularly passionate about the welfare of children, also penned a respected series of juvenile stories, beginning with Wyemark and the Sea Fairies in 1899.