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Published by The Chronicle of the Horse, 1974
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Revised Edition. 2nd printing 1974 in buff card covers with one tiny ink mark hear upper staple, few light creases on covers, text as new. Very crisp copy without names, tears or marks inside. 48pp of wisdom, required reading for any follower of hounds. Glossary and simple how-tos. 1970 (c1962). Chapter 1: Preliminary Matters: The Horse/ Tack/ Clothing and Equipment/ The Day Before. Chapter 2. Hounds. Chapter 3. Organization in the Field. Chapter 4. The Fox. Chapter 5. The Hunting Day/ The Meet/ Hounds in Covert/ Gone Away/ Accounting for the Fox/ On The Way Home. Chapter 6. Hunting Etiquette/ Courtesy to the Landowners/ The Field and The Staff/ The Field and Hounds/ Courtesy to Other Riders/ Avoiding Natural Obstacles/ Conclusion/ Glossary. Filled with many informative tidbits, glorious art reproductions from famous sporting artists with humorous sketches throughout.
Published by American Foxhound Club/Alexander Mackay-Smith, Millwood, VA, 1985
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Rust cloth, lettered in gold foil. xix,263 pp. Inscribed on front flyleaf by Jim Hendley (d. 2017, former Joint Master of Foxhounds for Bull Run Hunt in Haymarket, VA), also signed by author Mackay-Smith on lower copyright page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Masters of Foxhounds Assoc. of America, Richmond, VA, 1980
Seller: Seacoast Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", red cloth with black title panels and gilt titling to front board and spine, 216 pp., issued without jacket. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on limitation page. Number 447 of 750 copies. This is a 98% Fine copy, almost pristine: a few light blemishes on the rear board, a slight bump to the top edge of the spine; otherwise immaculate. SEE PHOTO ENLARGED. A scarce American foxhunting title, with much information on the sport, notable hunts, and the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America itself. Near Fine.
Published by The American Foxhound Club, 1970
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed, Numbered, Limited 1st Ed. Gift quality limited, numbered, signed hardcover in lightly chipped onion skin dust wrapper and original box. No. 1096 of 2,500 copies printed. 212 pp. Beautiful book in red cloth with black and gold titling on spine and front cover. Signed by Alexander Mackay-Smith facing title page. B/W photos & reproductions. A colorful selection from the literature of American foxhunting, including biographical sketches and accounts of hunts, stories, poems, etc, including: The Gloucester Fox Hunting Club; The Ravensworth Fox; A Pastry Cook Foils the Baltimore Pack; A Virginia Foxhunt of 1833; A Three Days' Hunt in Delaware; Foxhunting in Mississippi's Maryland Settlement; The First Red Fox in Georgia; Foxhunting in Canada; Fox Hunting in a Buggy in the Snow; Wild Bill, the Arkansas Foxhunting Mule; Foxhunting on the Eastern Shore; A Day with the Genesee Valley Hounds; Alabama Foxhound Field Trial; A Great Day with the Brandywine Hounds; How Mulberry Red Lost his Brush, etc., etc. Signed by Author(s).