This is the 1949 *first edition* of The FOX-HUNTER’S BEDSIDE BOOK by the Lady Apsley et al — ILLUSTRATED BY LIONEL EDWARDS

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Illustrated anthology of hunting poems, anecdotes and quotations from centuries of rich venatic literature including Cecil ALDIN, "B.B.", Duke of Beaufort, Wilfred Blunt, WINSTON CHURCHILL, LIONEL EDWARDS, Henry Fielding, "Mr Jorrocks", Rudyard Kipling, General Montgomery, "Nimrod", Will Ogilvie, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, "Snaffles", Arthur Stringer, R.S. Surtees and more …

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Hardback, around 4.5 inches by more than seven tall, retains its original pictorial dust jacket by Cecil ALDIN, unclipped and intact as originally issued, protected within transparent sleeve, over its publisher's original blind-stamped red cloth, blocked in gilt.

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First edition published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1949.

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Free from further permanent inscription and markings to the text.Although interior condition is overall good, because this original letterpress book is more than 70 years old, it does display minor signs of use and age — such as the usual discolouration to old paper — consistent with a printed object of this vintage. All xxxv preliminary pages + 584 pp main text are complete √ and otherwise correct.

The volume is divided into seven sections: —

  • The Sport Of Fox-Hunting,
  • The Hunting Country,
  • The Fox,
  • Hounds And Their Huntsman,
  • Hunting Days,
  • The Making Of Good Sport,
  • Fox-Hunters All.

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    ¶ Lionel Edwards (1878–1966); British equine artist. ¶

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