Barrow Albert Stuart (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Reproduction. 2nd printing oversized, hefty tome in navy blue cloth with bright gilt spine title. Book has hefty handmade paper throughout the 195 pp cream colored text and grey endpps. All colored plates of the various hunt clubs have been removed, but there are still many smaller line drawings by Lionel Edwards throughout. Fortunately, Mr. Edwards has painted different scenes of many British packs in a myriad of other books and the absence of the plates here isn't a total drag. Super rare dj is a professional reproduction that displays beautifully in new mylar. Book is 14" X 11.5" and weighs 8 pounds. Top edge of page block dyed navy blue, others untrimmed. Contents include: Preface, The Quorn Hounds, The Duke of Rutland's Hounds (The Belvoir), The Pytchley, The Warwickshire and the Norther Warwickshire, The Cheshire Hounds, The Berkeley and The Old Berkeley, The Duke of Beaufort's Hounds, The Cottesmore Hounds, The Whaddon Chase, The Old Surry and Burstow, The Grafton Hounds, The Atherstone Hounds, The South Notts Hounds, The Devon and Somerset Staghounds, Index.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. LIMITED EDITION, number 159A, of 200 copies, signed by Lionel Edwards, top edge gilt, others uncut, 16 colour plates by Lionel Edwards, mounted on card, original green cloth, slightly rubbed Note: This limited edition is usually bound in white vellum. The A may give away that a few extra copies were issued with the limited title page and Edwards's signature. Field Sports.

Folio (14 x 10 inches). Title-page printed in red and black, occasional initials in red. 16 fine mounted coloured plates, numerous uncoloured illustrations, all after Edwards. Original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (covers a bit bowed and lightly soiled). Limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by the author and artist, this is number 81. Including plates of the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds, the Quorn Hounds, the Duke of Rutland's Hounds (the Belvoir), the Prychley, the Warwickshire, the North Warwickshire, the Cheshire Hounds, the Berkeley, the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds, the Cottesmore Hounds, the Whaddon Chase, the Old Surrey and Burstow, the Grafton Hounds, the Atherstone Hounds, the South Notts Hounds, and the Devon and Somerset Stag-Hounds. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

pp. (ii), xiv, 195, (i). Frontispiece and 15 plates [all coloured, with titled guards]; xii, 188. Frontispiece and 15 plates [all coloured, with titled guards]. Both volumes with text line drawings and decorated initials. Publisher's green cloth gilt, heavy bevelled boards, top edges gilt, uncut, some rubbing of the edges and the rear board of the first title with some scuffs, overall a very nice pair.

Vellum. Condition: Very Good. Lionel Edwards (illustrator). LIMITED EDITION, number 34, of 100 copies, and 135 of 200 copies, both copies signed by the author and artist, top edge gilt, others uncut, 16 colour plates by Lionel Edwards, mounted on card, in each volume, with tissue guards, uniform original vellum, slightly soiled and marked, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1926/1928. Field Sports.

in-4, XIV-195 pp., avec des illustrations en noir dans le texte, et 16 planches en couleurs sous serpentes représentant différents équipages, toile verte, dos lisse, encadrement de double filet et titre dorés sur le premier plat, tête dorée (reliure de l'éditeur). Toile un peu frottée. Deuxième édition (la première en 1926, date conservée au titre, selon l'usage anglais) de ce bel ouvrage sur les chiens de chasse et équipages célèbres du Royaume, tiré au départ à 100 exemplaires. Un complément intitulé More shires and provinces parut en 1928 à 200 exemplaires, et n'est pas joint à notre titre. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.