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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1951). (1936) 1951 2nd edition. 8vo (142 x 221mm). Pp384. Colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography. Buckram-backed tan cloth, spine titled in gilt. Pretty grim. Stained, smells musty and the hinges are broken, but it still has its dust-wrapper. Grab yourself a bargain copy of this classic on hunting. This is an account of the history of hunting in Britain, seen through the eyes of contemporary writers, arranged chronologically. Chapters include: A prelude to history; In a classical beginning; Semi-historical; Early English; The Norman influence; The Forest Laws; When Twici carried the horn; Medaeval; Dame Juliana; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes on Twici's 'Art of Hunting'; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes, continued, Hound and Horn; The Tudors; The Stuarts; Georgian days and Victorian times; Georgain days and Victorian times (continued). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 221mm). Pp384. Colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography. Gilt monogram to brown buckram, spine titled in gilt. Some foxing and use but a good-plus copy. This is an account of the history of hunting in Britain, seen through the eyes of contemporary writers, arranged chronologically. Chapters include: A prelude to history; In a classical beginning; Semi-historical; Early English; The Norman influence; The Forest Laws; When Twici carried the horn; Medaeval; Dame Juliana; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes on Twici's 'Art of Hunting'; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes, continued, Hound and Horn; The Tudors; The Stuarts; Georgian days and Victorian times; Georgain days and Victorian times (continued). .