Try Back Being 38 Years of a Huntsman's Reminiscences Thrice Signed

Published by Collins, 1932

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SIGNED 1st edition hardcover in burgundy cloth boards with bright gilt spine title and image of entwined hunt whip/thong and horn on frt board. Board tips and spine ends bumped but no rub through or split cloth. Dust wrapper is a complete and displays well. It is a professional reproduction in new mylar and will keep this book in very good stead going forward. This book is TRIPLE SIGNED by Alex Higginson. Once on the lovely tan endpapers that feature a spread illustration hunt scene on both fore and aft: (With best wishes from A. Henry Higginson). Again on his b/w profile photograph frontis (a. Henry Higginson), and again at the end of his intro: (A. Henry Higginson). Not dedicated to anyone in particular, so perfect for a gift offering. A hefty & handsome volume of 238 pages with 16 b/w full page photographic plates. This volume has two forewords, Foreword 2 is by Isaac Bell, Foreword 1 is by Henry Goodwin Vaughan, M.F.H. and partially capsulized here: We are invited to 'ride along' and enjoy 37 years of the best of fox hunting reminiscences. Whether the reader is the field thrice weekly or in the armchair by the fire, they cannot help but be impressed by the truth which stands out after a perusal of the pages of this book that they portray the story of a man who "made good"; who, with no previous training or tradition in hunting, by his own application and ability has become our greatest American Master of Hounds and is one of our leading sportsmen, having filled high positions in the sporting world, with benefit to sport and distinction to himself. The words "cast" by the pen of Alex Higginson are like his life and his hounds - they run straight and true, and their "cry" is music to all lovers of the Chase. A must own volume for any serious sporting library, it opens with A Huntsman's Prayer: An easterly wind and a lowering sky, A straight-necked fox, with a scent breast high, I pray for no more, unless a good start At the tail of my hounds on the horse of my heart. By T. Scott Anderson. …

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Title
Try Back Being 38 Years of a Huntsman's Reminiscences Thrice Signed
Author
Higginson, A. Henry M.F.H.
Publisher
Collins
Publication year
1932
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Reproduction
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First UK Edition.
Dimensions
4to - over 9.75" - 12" tall
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