Lot 7.4: A book of British Hunts and Huntsmen published in 1908 in conjunction with The Sporting Life in 4 volumes
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British Hunts and Huntsmen published in 1908 in conjunction with The Sporting Life in 4 volumes.
Published by The Biographical Press. in conjunction with The Sporting Life 1st. 1908 - 1911.
Very good condition. Four volumes, large format (15" x 11"), three quarters red leather binding, red boards. Numerous b/w photos and full page sepia photos. Containing a short history of each Fox and Stag Hunt in the British Isles, together with biographical records of masters past and present, and some members of each hunt. Also an introductory chapter on mediaeval hunting and articles concerning the stag, the fox, the hound, the horse and all subjects allied thereto. The South-west of England;The South-East, East and Eastern Midlands of England; The North-East and Western Midlands of England, and Wales; England (North), Scotland and Ireland. List of Subscribers.
Leather edges rubbed with some small areas of loss. Red cloth boards a little marked and some uneven fading. Some pale foxing to some plate margins and slight creasing to some plate tissue guards. Text pages nice and clean.
To be collected by arrangement in Perthshire or Dumfries.
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