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FOX-HUNTING -- TWICI, William. The Art of Hunting by William Twici Huntsman to King Edward the Second (Mss. Phillips no. 8336), edited by H. Dryden. Daventry: Thomas Barrett, 1843. 4° (198 x 158mm). 11 lithographs after the original drawings. (Light offsetting and spotting, hinges cracked.) Original green cloth, paper label on front cover (spine discoloured). Provenance: Jonathan E. Blackhouse, January 1901 (booklabel) -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 11 March 1946, lot 2105). 'Only 39 copies privately printed by Sir Henry Dryden', pencil inscription on front pastedown. Schwerdt II, p.274.
[REYNARD, Edward Horner]. Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Third ... 1845 to ... 1846. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. -- Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Fourth ... 1846 to ... 1847. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. -- Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Fifth .. 1847 to ... 1848. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. 3 volumes in one, 8° (176 x 119mm). Two engraved titles. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half calf (rubbed at extremities). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY to Charles Anderson, Bart ('Sir Charles Anderson Bart with the author's kind regards. October 10th 1875'; bookplate) -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). Schwerdt IV, p.133.
Together with another 10 works on fox-hunting, all with provincial imprints, including: T.I. Bennett's Charlton and the Charlton Hunt (Bognor, 1888, proof copy), Schwerdt copy; A Few of My Most Favourite Fox Chases in East Sussex (printed for private circulation, 1845); the Schwerdt copy of An Address to the Sportsmen of England but more particularly those of the Counties of Dorset and Somerset (Sherborne, 1841); and Royal Streatham Hunt, Rules and Regulations (n.p., n.d.). (12)
[REYNARD, Edward Horner]. Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Third ... 1845 to ... 1846. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. -- Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Fourth ... 1846 to ... 1847. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. -- Hunting Journal of the Holderness Hounds, Season Fifth .. 1847 to ... 1848. Driffield: B. Fawcett, 1848. 3 volumes in one, 8° (176 x 119mm). Two engraved titles. (Some spotting.) Contemporary red half calf (rubbed at extremities). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY to Charles Anderson, Bart ('Sir Charles Anderson Bart with the author's kind regards. October 10th 1875'; bookplate) -- C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate). Schwerdt IV, p.133.
Together with another 10 works on fox-hunting, all with provincial imprints, including: T.I. Bennett's Charlton and the Charlton Hunt (Bognor, 1888, proof copy), Schwerdt copy; A Few of My Most Favourite Fox Chases in East Sussex (printed for private circulation, 1845); the Schwerdt copy of An Address to the Sportsmen of England but more particularly those of the Counties of Dorset and Somerset (Sherborne, 1841); and Royal Streatham Hunt, Rules and Regulations (n.p., n.d.). (12)
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