HOLD HARD! HOUNDS, PLEASE! A Discourse on the Fox-Hound in Field, Covert and Kennel; with Hunting Yarns, Character Sketches from Life, and Some Notes on Breeding and Kennel Treament

258 pages, 5 plates, frontis. with tissueguard. Red cloth boards, ornately decorated with foxhound's head on front, gilt lettering to spine. VG condition indeed, rear hinge starting but tight. The author was for 40 years Huntsman and Whipper-in to many well-known Packs. With an introduction by The Right Hon. Viscount Valentia. Illustrated from Wash Drawings. Contents: The Craft of the Huntsman, The Whipper-in and his Job, The Earth Stopper, The Kennelsman, Scent, The Foxhound, Comments on the English Hunting Fox, Hunting Yarns, & Eight Notes on Breeding and Kennel Treatment.