Sir John Buchanan-Jardine; The Duke of Beaufort — Hounds of the World

Penrith, Grayling Books, 1979. Cloth. A signed limited edition study of all breeds of hunting hounds, complete with colour plates. A limited edition of six hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty.Signed by the author to the limitation leaf.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Hounds of the World' offers a comprehensive study of all breeds of dogs employed for hunting in England, France, and America.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen colour plates, and twenty-four collotype plates. Collated, complete.By Sir John Buchanan-Jardine.With a foreword by the Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset, who held the office of Master of the Horse for over forty years.Illustrations by Baron Karl Reille and T. Ivester Lloyd. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper is smart, with very light edge. Spine is age-toned. Light handling marks and spots to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Baron Karl Reille; T. Ivester Lloyd. Fine/Near Fine.