SCARLET TO M.F.H.
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626663
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

A book of fox-hunting with hounds. Written for the novice with information and instruction on some of the things he or she should know before deciding to follow a pack of hounds and some idea of how they are managed in field and kennel. Limited edition of 50 copies. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt title, red cloth covers. B/w illustrations. xii and 151 pages. SIGNED by Cecil Aldin. Limited edition of just 50 copies. This is copy no. 26. All plates present. Modern red covers, original spine retained and a little grubby. Endpapers a little grubby else contents immaculate! A lovely copy.

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MR. SPINKS AND HIS HOUNDS
Written by F.M. Lutyens. Illustrated by F.M. Lutyens; C. Lutyens.
Stock no. 578611
Published by Vinton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. A hunting story. Covers marked. Corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good.

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LYRA VENATICA
Written by John Sherard Reeve.
Stock no. 578274
Published by Arthur L. Humphreys. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

A collection of hunting songs. Red cloth, gilt titles. Gilt fox head vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt. 224 pages. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR JORROCKS'S HUNT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 733782
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Some of Aldin's best work went into this, one of his favourite books. Two volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates in each volume plus numerous text illustrations. Top edges gilt. Spines and corners bumped. Spines sunned with gilt dulled. Light foxing to contents else clean copies. All plates present.

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THE SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY
Written by John Mayer.
Stock no. 576175
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1838. Good condition.

Small format. Green cloth, gilt title and shooting vignette to front cover. The Sportsman's Directory and Park & Gamekeeper's Companion. Being a Series of Instructions in Ten Parts for The Chase in its Various Classes: Coursing, Shooting, Fishing, The Preservation of Game and Decoys, Selection and Training of the Pointer and Spaniel, Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Rabbits Etc. With Copious Directions for Trapping and Destroying Vermin and Detecting the Operations of the Poachere. An Appendix Containing Numerous Valuable Receipts and Useful Abstracts of the Game Laws and the Laws of Coursing. 6th edition. viii + 181 pages. B/w illustrations. Rear free endpaper missing. Front joint cracked, rear joint broken. Contemporary name in ink to title page. Covers a little marked. Corners slightly worn. Page 97 has crayon scribble but text still readable.

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HOUNDS IN OLD DAYS
Written by Walter Gilbey; C.M.F. Scott.
Stock no. 573061
Published by Spur Publications. 2nd 1979. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second edition with new sections added by C.M.F. Scott. The story of hounds and their special place in the history of Britain. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904558355. Pictorial wrapper sunned at spine.

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HOUNDS IN OLD DAYS
Written by Walter Gilbey; C.M.F. Scott.
Stock no. 573070
Published by Spur Publications. 2nd 1979. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition with new sections added by C.M.F. Scott. The story of hounds and their special place in the history of Britain. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904558355. Price-cut pictorial wrapper has discoloured section to front where a label was and has been removed.

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HUNTING
Written by Duke Of Beaufort; Mowbray Morris. Illustrated by John Sturgess; J. Charlton.
Stock no. 987222
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1886. Very good condition.

Third edition. Pages: xii, 373 + 2. Original blue and orange cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Coloured frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations by J. Sturgess and J. Charlton. Badminton Library. Corners worn. Spine rubbed. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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THE FOXHOUND OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Written by Cuthbert Bradley.
Stock no. 987186
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

. Pages: xix, 308. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. 16 colour plates, 16 b/w plates, 83 text illustrations and 10 maps. The breeding and work of the kennels of England. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Prelims detached, else contents very good. Boards faded, corners worn.

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HUNTS WITH JORROCKS
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.
Stock no. 703316
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

From 'Handley Cross'. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 23 tipped-in tissue guarded plates mounted on dark green card. 214 pages. Spine is faded and a little bumped with some spotting. Front joint cracked. Light foxing otherwise contents are fine.

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