More Foxhunting From The Times

The Hunting Correspondent of The Times; With a Foreword by Viscount Halifax, K.G.

Published by The Office of The Times Printing House, 1937

About this Item

First edition hardcover, not ex-lib. Red cloth boards show bumped (not rubbed) tips, slightly sunned and a tad soiled back strip with gilt spine title. 1 inch split in cloth at head of frt gutter. Frt board slightly sprung (bowed), spine ends are rubbed with a bit of the board showing at both ends. Pencil name on foxed fep, foxing on first four and last six or so pages. Text fairly clean with a spot or two noted in some margins. Professionally reproduced photo illustrated, unclipped dj in new mylar has two chips, one taking most of the M from the title but still displays well with wrap around b/w photograph of a hunt scene as the meet moves off from a country village with gorgeous stone house and tall stone walls. A lovely jaunt down memory lane for any fox hunting fan. Reprinted are 48 articles by the Hunting Correspondent of The Times. Includes are 16 photogravure plates. It is a second in a series to two books published by The Times. The first one was entitled plainly: Foxhunting From The Times. Contained in this marvelous offering are the following chapters: Foreword by Lord Halifax/ Living the Life of the Country/ The Art of Skirting/ The Intelligent Hound/ Rat-Catching Cunning/ The One-Horse Man/ Whips and Whippers-In/ The Influence of The Wind/ Musical Voices/ Emergencies/ Halloas and Hunted Foxes/ The Farmers List/ Hard Weather/ Push or Pull?/ Rough Weather/ The Master Craftsman/ Looking After The Fox/ The Pack Instinct/ Home for the Holidays/ Hunt Servants and Subscribers/ A Roman Holiday/ Quickness In The Field/ Night Operations/ The Fox Supply/ Fetching The Pack/ The Provincials' Lament/ Terms of the Riot Act/ The Traveling Dog-Fox/ Old Hounds and Puppies/ The Road Home/ The Vulpicide/ Flocks and Herds/ The Vale/ Hunting Farmers/ Private Life of the Fox/ Some Impressions of Ireland/ The Use of The Horn/ Falls and Falling/ The Secret Service/ Hound Puppies At Walk/ The Earthstopper's Duty/ Packs and Figures/ Pace and Point/ Information and Informers/ Value of Consistency/ Variations In Dress/ The Foxhunting Primer/ Summer Visits to the Kennels/ Price and Prejudice. Seller Inventory # 44780

Bibliographic Details

Title: More Foxhunting From The Times

Publisher: The Office of The Times Printing House

Publication Date: 1937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.