HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS: WITH NOTICES OF BEAGLES AND BASSET HOUNDS. By H.A. Bryden. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Lodge and others. The Hunting Library Volume 1.

Bryden (Henry Anderson). (1854-1937).

Published by Grant Richards. London. 1903

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1903). 1903 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 212mm). Ppxiv,360. B/w photograph plates and illustrations, top-edge gilt. Red cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt and with gilt hunting paraphernalia vignettes. Cloth rather stained and faded, some foxing, hinges tender. A good copy. "In the following pages a keen all-round sportsman has given what may claim to be in the nature of an exhaustive account, both practical and historic, of hare-hunting. While he has not hesitated to draw on the works of such classic authorities as Somervile, Beckford and 'Stonehenge,' it is mainly to his own personal knowledge of a fine sport, supplemented where necessary by information generously given by living authorities, including many Masters of existing packs of harriers, beagles, or bassets, that this book owes its extraordinary interest." (From the preface by F.G. Aflalo). Chapters include:- Chiefly historical; Hare-hunters of the past; The hare and its ways; The old-time hare-hound; Modern harriers; Modern hare-hunting; A glance at English packs - Northumberland to Oxfordshire; A glance at English packs (continued) - The South and West of England; Sport in Wales, Ireland, and Scotland; Concerning kennels; Hound management; Hunt servants and their duties; Cost and equipment; Some notable runs and curious anecdotes; Hunting with foot-harriers; Some runs with foot-harriers; Beagles and beagling; Sport with Basset hounds; The future of hare-hunting. Also several appendices including two poems, a list of hound names and a list of beagle packs, 1902-1903. This is volume one of the publisher's Hunting Library series, each volume edited by F.G. Aflalo. .

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• Title: HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS: WITH NOTICES OF BEAGLES AND BASSET HOUNDS. By H.A. Bryden. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Lodge and others. The Hunting Library Volume 1.
• Publisher: Grant Richards. London. 1903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition