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By: Dalesman
Price: $75.00
Publisher: England, The Abbey Press: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller Id: 23494
Condition: Very Good
1st edition signed and dedicated by the author on the fep: " Best Wishes & Fond Remembrance of the Rotte Valley. Dalesman April 1968 Cumberland". Light green boards with dark green cloth spine slightly marked but display well. DJ in new mylar is a photo-reproduced copy. 140 tight and bright pages without soil or tears. This book has various stories that will charm the lover of field sports everywhere. Not just for children, the list of contents is as follows: Preface/ This Foxhunting (For Children)/ Tale of Captain O'Ruffian and the Beagles/ The Land of Aipolas/ The Master and the ... View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, The Derrydale Press: 1938
Edition: Limited/Numbered
Seller Id: 44670
Condition: Very Good
Numbered, Limited edition #226 of a run of 1250 copies. Lovely tight, bright red cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated title plate on front cover and somewhat faded back strip. 152 pp deckle edged text fine, no inscriptions. Many wonderful tales and yarns of the chase, angling, hunting, etc. Beginning with the story of Martha Doyle which is about the author's beloved hunting mare and two other favorite equines. Contents: Three Horses: Martha Doyle - Waynefleet - Banbury Cross / On Starting a Hunt/ Angling Heresies/ Firing/ Nighmare/ Hounds and Dogs/ On Losing Your Nerve/ The Paynim, New ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr.: 1931
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 28434
Condition: Good
Good 1st edition hardcover. Reading copy with outer gutter on frt board cloth cracked and re-glued, else tight and bright inside and out w/gift dedication on inside frt cover, gift to Nat'l Sporting Library. and name/date and pencil note on fep. 221 pp w/occasional pencil underlinings and marginalia. Sporting writers and their mindsets. Chapter 1: The Age of Jorrocks/ Chapter 2: The Modern Poet as a Hunting Man/ Chapter 3: Siegfried Sassoon as a Poet/ Chapter 4: The War and the Younger Writers/ Chapter 5: The Old Mind and the New England/ Appendix: The Country of the Memoirs of a Fox-hunting ... View more info
By: Davis, Mrs. Putnam; Ex-MFH Rombout Hunt, NY
Price: $30.00
Publisher: NY, Privately Printed: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller Id: 29114
Condition: Fine
28 pg collectible booklet of the chase. Signed by Betty Davis on inside cover. No tears or soil inside or out. Betty was a former MFH of the Rombout Hunt of Poughkeepsie NY which is in Dutchess County. Contents include A Brief History of Foxhunting/ The Land and Landowners/ The Huntsman and Staff/ The Foxhound/ The Fox, The Coyote & Other Quarry ! The Fox B. The Coyote/ Rules and Regulations/ Hunting Attire/ The Hunting Horse/ How to Get Started. View more info
By: Dawson, Captain Lionel, Royal Navy
Price: $30.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 20241
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in green cloth boards sunned along spine edge and on rear quarters, corners bumped, tips lightly rubbed. Internally fine save for pencil name on fep. 98 pgs of crisp, heavy stock. Oversized tome in rare professionally reproduced dj with a lovely color plate on the frt panel. showing The Capture of Tom Crane. Two triangular chips, one at frt fold, one at foot of frt fore edge and loss at head of spine taking the word Sport with it, still displays well in new mylar. The British entertained themselves during the Crimean War & The Great War with everything from Pig Sti... View more info
By: Dawson, Captain Lionel, Royal Navy
Price: $38.00
Publisher: London, Country Life Ltd.: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 40031
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in grey cloth with red titles bumped at extrems, moderate soil and rubbing. 112 pp tight and bright. Blk small remainder mark on foot of pg block, small red marker line on blank rep. Vint bookstore sticker on rear pastdn. Unclipped facsimile color dj shows heavy foxing and 1/2 in chip at head of spine, displays well in new mylar. 12 full pg b/w plates by Maurice Tulloch. The author, Hunting correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, writes for the benefit of seekers of fox-hunting knowledge. The phraseology of fox-hunting is strange and more complicated ... View more info
By: De Broke, Lord Willoughby Editor
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Company Ltd: 1921
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 23503
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in red cloth boards with gilt title spine and fox with hunting hounds amidst oak leaves on frt board. 279 pp. Twenty tipped-in plates (four in color) on grey card . Red boards with gilt spine lettering lightly sunned, gilt titles still quite legible. Corners bumped but not rubbed. Text tight and bright with remnants of grey card now removed on blank fep. Age toning on endpps but overall interior condition is very clean. 'Of all field sports it can be claimed that the pursuit of wild animals by packs of Hounds served in the field by men mounted on horses is the most ex... View more info
By: Digby, A.B.
Price: $65.00
Publisher: London, Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd:
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 14348
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in dj. Charming memoir written by an Irish Priest about his love of the countryside and his horses & dogs afoot, astride and afield. Mustard paper covered boards w/matching illust as dj. Frt gutters starting 1/2 in at head & foot, surface soiled from handling, solid, clean text has ghosting from erased pencil price on fep. 58 pp w/no rear end paper or evidence of ever having had one. Photo-reproduced illustrated dj in new mylar displays very well. Very scarce. View more info
By: Dixon, Sandy; Brazos Valley Hunt MFH, Foreword by Charles I. Fletcher, MFH
Price: $28.00
Publisher: TX, Privately Published: 1998
Seller Id: 34846
Condition: Near Fine
72 pp tan card cover with green tape spine (as published), As new save for negligible soil mark on frt cov, and 4 micro fly specs on rear cov. Super into to the sport: Includes: Organization of the Hunt/ Hounds/ The Hunt Staff/ The Master and the Field/ Species of Quarry/ The Day Before/ Annual Traditions and Other Hunt Activities/ All About Amber/ Acquiring the Land/ Dealing with Anti's/ Glossary. View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1931
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 40009
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in red cloth with gilt title spine and publishers blindstamped urn in circle on rear board. 333 pp with vintage bookstore sticker on ft of rear pastdn. Tidy name on fep: Dr. William Lay, former MFH of Oakbrook Hounds, IL. B/w photo frontis of Dixon and 8 other full page b/w photo plates within showing steeplechases, close ups of locals: Father O'Flynn: winner of the Grand National and other shots. Top edge of pg block dyed red, others uncut. Some foxing on margins of preliminaries, internals clean. Chapters include: Some Childhoods Memories/ School Days and School Wa... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Hurst & Blacklett, Ltd: 1925
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 40012
Condition: Very Good
312 pp.18 b/w photographs. Internally clean and tight w/tiny vint bookstore sticker on frt pastdn and bit of light foxing on preliminaries including title page. Red cloth boards bumped and rubbed at tips, spine sunned but gilt title remains legible. Red cloth slightly soiled, remains a very presentable copy of a valuable hunting reference. An exhaustive compendium covering every aspect of the sport in the 20th cent including hunting on horseback and on foot, hound shows and hound-breeding, farmers and horses. The history of ten years includes: Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Durha... View more info
By: Dragon
Price: $100.00
Publisher: London, A.H. Bailey and Co.: 1880
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 32171
Condition: Good
Exceedingly rare first edition. Red cloth boards with gold gilt titles fox mask w/crossed brushes, hunt whip and horn, with four silver gilt hunt buttons in each corner of frt cover. Board and page edges watermarked, text tight and not musty. No inscriptions. vintage bookstore sticker on rear floral pastedown. Front hinge tight, may have been glue repaired. Page block tight and holding fine. Middle of front endpaper starting. All edges gilt. 16 heavy leaves. Lovely foxhunting prose, an entire tale in rhyme mentioning some of the subscribers and their horses during the past season 1879-1880. View more info
By: Edwards, Eric
Price: $28.00
Publisher: England, The Book Castle: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 40166
ISBN: 1903747325
Condition: Near Fine
Fine 1st edition hardcover in fine dj. 240 pp plus publishers other book offerings in rear. Gift quality The detailed history of the Aldenham Harriers who hunt the area bounded by Bedford, Welwyn, Watford and Tring, with Luton in the middle. "Organized and legal hunting for hare within thirty miles of London is a remarkable thing, and yet it has been going on for 124 years. This book .tells the story of how it all came about: the people and places involved, the characters, the trials and the achievements of the followers of a pack of hounds kept .in the same kennel in Hertfordshire for fi... View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, Ltd: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 40305
Condition: Near Fine
Brilliant 1st edition paperback of a very uncommon collection of hunting art by L.E. in ecru card covers. No date, circa 1930's, 48 pp. One print of each hunt save for two each of The Buccleuch and two of The Bicester. Printed on glossy white paper, each print measures 3 x 4.5" with title and location below in a white border, entire page measures 4.75 x 7 1/4". A sample art catalog of a series of Hunting Pictures in color from original drawings by Lionel Edwards. The prices listed on page one take our breath away! Remarque Proofs, limited to 50 copies of each were View more info
Price: $38.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 45017
Condition: Very Good +
1st edition oversized hardcover in green cloth with gilt title spine, no dj. Faint dust mark half inch up from foot of frt board. Former owners name on fep. Foxed fep, remainder clean. A book of illustrations and descriptions of over 14 hunts in England, Ireland and Scotland. Unpaginated. 45 full-page b&w drawings by Edwards, opposite each of which is a half page of text on that particular Hunt and each text page also carries a small line drawing by Edwards View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 45193
Condition: Very Good
Oversized green cloth hardcover first edition. Cloth lightly soiled near foot of both boards (no water damage), no names or tears. Foxed endpps, remainder clean. Original age-toned dust wrapper has soil and chips including three pieces missing from backstrip but is now protected in new mylar. A book of illustrations and descriptions of over 14 hunts in England, Ireland and Scotland. Unpaginated. 45 full-page b&w drawings by Edwards, opposite each of which is a half page of text on that particular Hunt; each text page also carries a small line drawing by Edwards View more info
Price: $100.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 45194
Condition: Fair
Oversized 1st edition hardcover in beige cloth. Serviceable reading copy is soiled and rubbed along backstrip. Small hole size of icepick poked through front board and most pages (tipped in art unaffected). 28 pp. Inner hinge starting at foot of front but page block holding fine. Professionally reproduced dj has small chips at spine ends but displays well in new mylar. F ifteen tipped-in colour plates and drawings to tail of pages, with 'handwritten' titles to images. Hunts included are: The Cottesmore, The Whaddon Chase and The York and Ainsty. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: London, The Haggerston Press: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 44453
ISBN: 1869812077
Condition: Fine
Fine1st edition hardcover in green boards with sharp tips and spine ends. Glorious color plates and a multitude of pencil sketches within the pristine 109 pg text. This new edition of Lionel Edwards' book, first published in 1935, powerfully evokes the flavor of the inter-war years, even down to the 'new' conveniences of motorized horseboxes and public telephones, which helped to avoid the long ride home. The countries, and some of the characters, from a great period of the Quorn, Cottesmore, Belvoir, Fernie and South Atherstone leap off the page. View more info
By: Edwards, Lionel, R.I., R.C.A.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited: 1932
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45640
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in burgundy cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Age-toned professionally reproduced dust wrapper is quite dark on backstrip. Book is in VG shape but quite foxed on endpps and prelims as well as the verso blank plates Spine ends and lower frt board tip bumped, rest brushed. 103 pp with 33 plates by Edwards. Inner hinges fine, still a presentable copy despite flaws. Includes: Preface/ Intro/ Thomas William Coke, Ist Earl of Leicester/ Lord Darlington, 1st Duke of Cleveland/ John Warde/ Sir Thomas Mostyn/ "Gentleman" Shaw/ With Sir Thomas Mostyn's Hounds/ The... View more info
By: Edwards, Lionel; with an Intro by Crascredo
Price: $125.00
Publisher: London, Country Life Ltd.: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 44425
Condition: Very Good +
First regular edition in VG green cloth with bright gilt titles. Slight rubbing to extrems and bit of mottling to head of frt bd and outer edge of rear bd. No names, tears or soil but moderate foxing (one or two small specs in some plate margins but no plates affected and all plates are present). A superb gallery of Lionel's brush featuring field sports with plates having a comment by Lionel himself. List of Plates: His Grace The Duke of Beaufort, M..F.H. on Oxo (Frontispiece)/ Cubbing in the Woodlands/ The King's Highway/ Rounding Tattenham Corner/ The Off Season/ The Waters of Lethe/ Th... View more info
