Wild Sports of the West. With Legendary Tales and Local Sketches. By the Author of “Stories of Waterloo”. Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1832. First Edition. Pp (1) , [ix], 306; (2) [vii] 323. Publisher’s plain paper boards with title labels to spines. Shelf-wear to covers, contents in nice bright condition.

Illustrated with plates & vignettes.

Maxwell was born in Newry, co. Down, in 1792. He wrote a variety of sketches and novels, chiefly on sporting and military subjects. His ‘Wild Sports of the West’ brought him some reputation as a sporting and military novelist, and earned the praises of Professor Wilson in ‘Noctes Ambrosianæ’ (November 1832) as the work of a true sportsman.