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FOX-HUNTING -- PAGET, Thomas Guy. The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley (1782-1860). Leicester & New York: 1931. 4° (280 x 225mm). Title in red and black, initials in red, half-title. Plates, 7 coloured, with a sheet (184 x 115mm.) of original pencil and pen-and-ink figure studies by the Ferneleys mounted on brown paper. Original brown morocco-backed cloth gilt, top edge gilt. EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 225 COPIES, 'printed on hand-made paper, with an original drawing by the Ferneleys inserted', signed by the author, this copy numbered 4. THOMAS, Joseph B. Hounds and Hunting through the ages ... with an introduction by the Earl of Londsdale [sic.] New York: the Derrydale Press, 1928. 4° (315 x 240mm). Hand-coloured portrait frontispiece of the author after Gordan Ross, signed by the artist and author, plates, decorations. Original red morocco gilt, gilt turn ins, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY OF THE DE LUXE EDITION, limited to 50 copies, this number 6. Mellon Podeschi 361; and 39 others on hunting in general, individual hunts and individual huntsmen, including: A.H. Higginson & J. I. Chamberlain. Hunting in the United States and Canada , London, [n.d. but 1928?], 4°, original cloth; C. Simpson Trencher & Kennel Some famous Yorkshire packs , London, 1927, 4°, original cloth-backed boards, number 36 of 150 copies, presentation inscription from Queen Mary; T.G. Paget. The History of the Althorp and Pytchley Hunt 1634-1920, London, 1937, 4°, original cloth, limited edition of 600 copies, signed by the author; M. Lyne. Horses, Hounds and Country , London, 1938, 4°, original vellum-backed cloth, limited edition of 25 copies with a pencil remarque drawing by the author. (41)