1906 1st edition hardcover in glossy illustrated paper covered boards with bumped and rubbed tips and spine ends, grey cloth covered spine rubbed round at ends with color loss but no splits. Rear cover is glossy plain cream colored paper. 'Jack Bartlett Xmas 1906' written on upper tip of charmingly illustrated fep with fox hunting scene of Sammy in green ink on cream ground. 24pp sewn in text is tight and browned at edges but not brittle. Occasional soil in page margin, no tears or major issues. Book comes in a professional reproduction of the original jacket showing a cursive written title, ... View More...
1st edition 1900 hardcover in red and salmon cloth covered boards with bumped and lightly rubbed tips and spine ends. Boards marked and worn with a drip discoloration horizontally underneath the word 'Scarlet' on the backstrip. But the backstrip has retained its bright gilt and red color. Front endpp removed, 217pp text is crisp and unmarked and followed by an interesting albeit hard to read 32pp Mr. Heinemann's Catalogue. There are some well chosen photographs and a few line illustrations throughout. Taken from the author's Preface: "I have little to say except that a small experience of ... View More...
Red cloth boards soiled and rubbed at tips, text tight and bright w/few light fingerprints, soil marks on endpapers, and occasional tiny marks in text. No names or tears. Unclipped dj in new mylar is professionally reproduced and shows a fabulous huntsman on his galloping horse with hounds in full cry. There is a paper pull resulting in loss on the rear panel, small rubs and loss at tips, light overall soil on tan background but displays well. This is the follow up book to Ratcatcher to Scarlet, taking the reader further into the roles, rules and responsibilities of the M.F.H. 151 pp. with 29 ... View More...
Fine 1st ED hard cover in professionally reproduced dust wrapper in new mylar that shows small chips at tips and head of back strip with no loss to titles. Quarter bound, cream buckram over red gilt-lettered cloth boards show negligible surface soil to the cream cloth at spine ends of this hardcover collectible, corners sharp. The text is mint. A posthumous work contains a number of unfinished sketches and rough studies for pictures which were to come. They take us behind the scenes in an artist's studio; they take us with him to the actual spots all over England, where he made his notes fo... View More...
Attractive hardcover in yellow paper covered boards illustrated with the running hounds art that matches the dust jacket. Cute floral endpapers with some light toning, 28pp text crisp, clean and bright. Clear tape over spine edge of book, book is not ex-library and shows light wear, displays well in photo-reproduced price clipped dust wrapper from the Hutchinson London edition. See images. A charming count down story for children from 10 to one with rhyming text as one little hound has some dilemma occur and leaves the pack until we have only one. An Uncommon and a worthy addition for any fox ... View More...
Rare, signed, 41pp stapled paperback in glossy cream card covers with red title, hunt whips and fox mask in circle that states: 'His Lordship Master Charles', Volume one. 41 pp glossy text is crisp with author's signature at end of last page containing the 'Author's Note' stating 'Yours Sincerely A. J. Andrews' Book is not creased, covers show negligible handling soil and very little wear. Privately published by the author in England. This is a story in the life of a Berwickshire Fox, as told by himself. It is compiled of a mixture of true facts and a little make believe, but all of it is... View More...
1st limited deluxe edition in grey paper covered boards with cream velum spine showing gilt title and ruled velum edge. Numbered #4 of only 50 volumes available for sale in the UK and in the USA. Also signed/dated by former owner Katharine Roosevelt March 3/06 on fep (no idea if relation). Oversized tome is 12 3/8" tall x 9" x 2" thick. 400 pp t.e.g., else untrimmed page block, hinges fine, occasional fingerprint in margin but no major foxing. Vintage bookstore sticker on foot of fep of W.B. Clark Co, Boston. Shows even soiling to periphery of grey boards from handling but the crisp text... View More...
Leather backstrip and corners w/marbled paper covered boards. Tips rubbed, gilt title and 5 decorative raised bands on spine. Lovely to hold. Innards tight and bright w/tasteful bookplate and partial vintage bookstore sticker on marbled, foxed endpapers and Christmas 1851 ownership sig on blank fep. 144 pg page block tight, some leaves uncut. View More...
Red cloth spine over green paper covered boards with paper label. Green boards with small red vignette of fox head on frt cover. Spine tips show faint color loss but are in no way "rubbed through" , book tips still sharp. w/tidy former owner's book plate on frt pastedown. 64 pp, black and white illustrations and decorative chapter headings. First Separate Publication. Originally published in 1837, "The Chase" originally appeared in the London Quarterly Review under the title "On English Fox hunting." As Surtees records, it was immediately "a great hit" and it is in sympathy with his pred... View More...
1st edition hardcover in red cloth boards that are sunned at backstrip with gilt titles quite dull. Lightly rubbed at extrems, endpps w/former owner's name at head of fep. 387 pp text is tight and bright. With four color plates and 127 drawings in b/w by the author, Joseph Crawhall, Phil May, Maurice Greiffenhagen and Major C.A. Rickards. The life story of George Denholm Armour, sportsman, gentleman, artist. View More...
VG 1st edition hardcover in dark green cloth with bright gilt titles, Tips and spine ends sharp. Foxing on fep, else crisp and unmarked. No former ownership markings. 299 pp of text and approx 100 pgs of dated sections for filling in the day's sport. View More...
Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811) writer and avid huntsman penned: Familiar letters from Italy, to a friend in England (2 vols., 1805), Thoughts upon hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend, 1781, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, in a series of letters to a friend, 1781, and Thoughts on Fox Hunting, published 1791. Red cloth boards with black ruled borders and hunt cap/crossed whips on frt bd. Gilt fox mask and crossed whips/spurs and title on backstrip faded but remain legible. Corners bumped and rubbed but not unsightly. A very special presentation copy not signed by Beckfor... View More...
First edition hardcover dated 1947 is a wartime compliant volume printed on thin paper. Red cloth covered boards with bright gilt spine title lightly marked, spine ends bumped, tips still sharp. Book fitted with a professionally reproduced color dj that has a .25" chip at foot of rear gutter and light color loss at periphery but displays well in new mylar. Black and white frontis of foxhound "Godfrey" (S. & W. W.) with three other glossy plates inside featuring six other foxhounds of note. 249pp text is tight and bright, inner hinges fine, no tears or writing, just a light smudge on the t... View More...
Title continues -'Containing accounts of Runs with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn's, The South Cheshire, Shopshire, Albrighton, Ludlow, South Hereford, Radnorshire and West Hereford, as well as a Week in Yorkshire. First edition 1885 with red cloth covered boards showing brushed tips and bumped spine ends. Watermarks and bleaching on the outside covers and head/tail of the solid brown endpapers. Save for a small watermark at the head of the page block, the opened pages are unaffected. 111 pages are crisp with an occasional light soil mark in the margins. The b/w line drawings by Mytton are wonde... View More...
Oversized first edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards with 'pleather' covered tips and spine ends, 5 raised bands and bright gilt spine as issued. Tips bumped and rubbed, color loss at periphery from storage. Colored frontispiece and following two pages of explanatory slightly wavy but no evidence of water staining, 308pp book is not musty. No names, tears or soil. Possible new solid green endpapers & pastedowns. 16 colored and 16 monochrome plates, 83 text illustrations and 10 maps. Good solid copy of a much sought, foundation work for any sporting library. The breeding and work of ... View More...
1st edition, first printing hardcover in red cloth boards with gilt titles and Huntsman taking a 5 bar gate while another waits on cover, Crossed whip/horn, fox mask and hound on book backstrip. Exterior all there but not pretty. Cloth is quite 'mottled' on half of frt board, much less so on rear, tips bumped with cloth broken, board tips just showing, spine ends bumped. No names, or soil in the 280 text with top edge gilt and untrimmed edges. Hinge papers fine, some very light foxing on half title page and narrow pink edge of both pastedowns. Obviously stored somewhere damp but has no fun... View More...
Nice red pebbled cloth with bright gilt titles. No names, tears or soil in the 44pp text. Contents - To the Reader/ Foreword/ The Unwritten Laws of Foxhunting - General/ he Unwritten Laws of Foxhunting - Personal/ A Word to Landholders/ A Word Picture for Americans to Copy (with thanks to T. F. Dale)/ A Word as to Gossip & As to the Huntsman (with thanks to G. F. Underhill)/ Hunting Terms/ Hound Names/ A Brief Bibliography of Hunting. View More...
Rare 3 pg fold out that tells what foxhunting is and isn't. Speaks to foxhunting goings on and destruction of foxes Head of each tri-fold section imprinted with "Critics Say... The Facts Are..." Brings needed clarification for the anti's and offers support for the sport. Uncommon! View More...
Lovely 2nd edition hardcover in beige linen cloth. Corners bumped but not rubbed, small white bit of paper on lower left quadrant of frt cover, else fine. Offered in original dj showing wear at tips, now in new mylar. 184 pp, Crisp, tight, bright hardcover with vintage bookstore sticker on rear paste down. Chapters include: How Fox-Hunting is Organized/ The Fox/ The Foxhound/ Hunting the Fox - Theory/ Hunting the Fox - Practice/ Cub-Hunting/ The Whipper-In/ Dress and Equipment/ Dress and Equipment/ Hunting Etiquette/ Riding to Hounds I/ Riding to Hounds II/ Riding to Hounds III/ Manageme... View More...
Lovely little card cover 32 pp booklet telling the whys and wherefore's of Fox Hunting. Super light soil on rear cover periphery, internally crisp and unmarked. Cover photo by Jim Meads. Includes: Foreword/ Foxhunting: The Organization of a Hunt/ The Country/ The Fox/ The Foxhound/ The Hunt Staff/ The Horse/ Hunting the Fox/ The Field. View More...
