Otho Lloyd, First Edition (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: Wie neu. Ohne Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. 144 pages with many b/w-plates.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 225mm). Pp222. B/w photographs and diagrams, text sketches by T. Ivester Lloyd. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in black with beagling motif printed in blue. Lacks front end-paper. Slight foxing and use but good-plus. "The increasing popularity attending the pursuit of the hare is merely a revival of the chase in its oldest form. The wild hare of ancient days was held in great honour; an animal that would bring our the best qualities of hounds and huntsman to pursue it to a kill." Hounds, their care and breeding; huntsman, hunts and hunting, mainly of the hare. Chapters include: The hound; Brood bitches, whelps, and young hounds; On breeding; Kennels and kennel management; The kennelman; Diseases; The hare; The country; The huntsman and hunting; The whipper-in; The field. .