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CONTAINING A SHORT HISTORY OF EACH FOX AND STAG HUNT IN THE BRITISH ISLES TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS OF MASTERS PAST AND PRESENT AND SOME MEMBERS OF EACH HUNT. ALSO AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON MEDIAEVAL HUNTING AND ARTICLES CONCERNING THE STAG THE FOX THE HOUND AND THE HORSE AND ALL SUBJECTS ALLIED THERETO. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS. VOLUME 1 (THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND. VOLUME 2 (THE SOUTH-EAST EAST AND EASTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND). VOLUME 3 ( THE NORTH-EAST AND WESTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND; AND WALES). VOLUME 4 ( ENGLAND (NORTH) SCOTLAND AND IRELAND). LARGE FOLIO SIZE AND VERY HEAVY BEING PRINTED ON GLOSSY PAPER. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS ABOUT 600 PAGES. ALL FOUR VOLUMES ARE FINELY BOUND IN RED HALF-MOROCCO LEATHER OVER RED BOARDS MARBLED END PAGES RAISED BANDS AND GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. THE SET IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT FOXING TO THE FIRST FEW PAGES AND MINOR SCUFFING TO THE EDGES OF THE LEATHER OTHERWISE A VERY FINE SET . INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES ARE PRICED AT £250 OR £920 FOR THE SET.