Hunting By Ear the Sound-Book of Fox Hunting

The first edition of this charming celebration of the sounds of fox hunting from Michael Berry and D. W. E Brock. The first edition of this unusual guide to fox-hunting, celebrating the 'music of the hunting scene', a 'language fascinating in itself and not easy to learn'. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.With a colour frontispiece and numerous further illustrations throughout, this work was originally issued with two 10" Parlophone gramophone records, which are not present here.Chapters discuss the need for melody, 'hound music', the huntsman's voice and 'the silence of the whipper-in'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip, with edge wear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine.