Description: Volume 3 only -- BRITISH HUNTS AND HUNTSMEN by The Biographical Press -- Volume 3 only. 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, AND THE HORSE, AND ALL SUBJECTS ALLIED THERETO. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES, THIS IS VOLUME 3: THE NORTH-EAST, AND WESTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND; AND WALES. LARGE FOLIO SIZE (11" x 15") AND VERY HEAVY, PRINTED ON GLOSSY QUALITY STOCK. CONSUMES ABOUT 600 PAGES. BOUND IN RED HALF-MOROCCO LEATHER OVER SALMON-PEBBLED BOARDS, MARBLED END PAGES, RAISED BANDS AND GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. 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. Condition:Sound enormous volume in good or better condition. The third of four-book set. Moderate shelfwear. Text with significant foxing throughout else clean and unmarked. Magnificent and profuse illustrations.
Price: 195 USD
Location: Bellevue, Washington
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Binding: Hardcover
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: The Biographical Press
Topic: Sport
Subject: British hunts
Year Printed: 1908
