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VAN URK, J. BLAN, The Story of American Foxhunting. From Challenge to Full Cry. Introduction by Gordon Grand. Volume I. 1650-1861. [... Volume II. 1865-1906].
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1940, 1941. First Edition, one of 950 copies. 2 vols., Large 4to. Extensively illustrated from original pictures and documents. xxxi, 283; xx, 435 pp. Original red cloth, gilt-stamped labels on upper cover and spine, t.e.g., others uncut. Slightly sunned (labels a bit dull), else fine. Bookplate. Siegel 162; Frazier V-3-a. ΒΆ The great American foxhunting book, and "one of the most important works of the Derrydale Press" (Frazier). This work was originally projected to four volumes. Volume I was published in December 1940; Volume II appeared the following year, but then war closed in and the project ended. It was the last hurrah of The Derrydale Press
Offered for US$ 500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 231552