Hunting by Ear: The Sound of Fox Hunting

Michael F. Berry; D. W. E. Brock

Published by H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1949

About this Item

A fantastic reprint of this work on fox-hunting, complete with two gramophone records presented in a box. 'Hunting by Ear' describes itself as a sound-book, with the records going hand-in-hand to accompany the text. Here, the music and lyricism of the various sounds of fox-hunting are presented, in amongst them the call of humans, the horn, barking hounds and birds.With recordings by D. W. E. Brock and Ludwig Koch.Presented in a box along with two gramophone records.Illustrated throughout with full plates and vignettes, as well as with a full colour frontispiece illustration. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, in a box with two gramophone records in a sleeve each. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with minor chips to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Box is externally a trifle worn, with corners rubbed away and flaps unattached; records are pristine. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 761R2

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hunting by Ear: The Sound of Fox Hunting
• Publisher: H. F. & G. Witherby, London
• Publication Date: 1949
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: T. Ivester Lloyd
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Pastimes