Author: Sabretache [C. Barrow]
Title: Shires & Provinces and More Shires & Provinces
Description: London and New York, Eyre and Spottiswoode; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927-1928. First edition. Cloth. Two large and beautifully illustrated volumes on foxhunting and a history of fox hunts, with colour plates. Both volumes are first editions, with the first volume being a second impression, published in 1927. The volumes cover the history and tradition of the most famous English hunts and is written by 'Sabretache' which was the pseudonym Albert Steward Barrow adopted.The volumes cover foxhunting, foxhounds and each chapter is dedicated to a famous historical hunt or group of hounds, including the likes of The Wahddon Chase and The Cheshire Hounds. The second volume aimed to be a sort of guide to the condition and quality of of the quality of the foxhound of the day. Illustrated in colour by Lionel Edwards.With fifteen colour plates and a frontispiece to both volumes.Collated, complete.  From the Ascott House library, owned by the de Rothschild family. The library was created following the conversion of the billiards room in 1936 and was predominantly filled with books collected by Anthony de Rothschild. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a few marks to the boards, especially the rear board of volume one. Internally, pages are firmly bound and bright and generally clean with some light spotting to the first few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Lionel Edwards. Near Fine .

Keywords: Shires & Provinces More Shires & Provinces Sabretache hounds More Shires & Provinces Lionel Edwards


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