THE MASTER OF HOUNDS. By G.F. Underhill. The Hunting Library Volume III.

Underhill (G.F.).

Edité par Grant Richards London. 1903

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1903). 1903 1st edition. Large 8vo (147 x 218mm). Ppx,285. B/w photographic frontispiece, 13 other b/w photographic plates. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt, titles and vignette of hunting paraphernalia in black to upper board. Foxed and browned, fading to spine. Good-plus. No dust-wrapper. A fascinating portrait of the role of the Master of Hounds in the very early twentieth century. Chapters include: The modern school of fox-hunting; The disguised friends and enemies of hunting; Famous masters of the nineteenth century; The Master's expenses; Criticisms of his followers; Famous critics of masters of hounds; The huntsman's point of view; The mastership of staghounds; Some view of a master of otterhounds; The Master of hounds in his library (this chapter actualy functions as a bibliography). . N° de réf. du vendeur 55511

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Titre : THE MASTER OF HOUNDS. By G.F. Underhill. The...

Éditeur : Grant Richards London. 1903

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Edition : Edition originale