R. E. Egerton Warburton — Hunting Songs

London, Constable and Company, 1925 . First edition. Leather. The first Lionel Edwards illustrated edition of the poems of R. E. Egerton Warburton, in a lovely Bumpus morocco binding. A delightful first edition thus.In a full morocco signed binding from Bumpus.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further tipped in colour plates from Lionel Edwards. Collated, complete.The author, Rowland Egerton-Warburton was a landowner from the Egerton family in Cheshire. He was a keen member and later president of the Tarporley Hunt Club. He wrote many poems regarding his passion for the hunt and countryside. In a full morocco signed binding. Externally, excellent. Three faint marks towards the tail of the front board. Front hinge strained, but generally firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Lionel Edwards. Very Good Indeed .