A. Henry Higginson — Two Centuries of Foxhunting

London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this history of foxhunting, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixteen plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive history of the sport of foxhunting, with chapters such as: A Duke of Richmond Founds a Pack in Sussex and Lord Tankerville Writes a Set of Rules; The "Golden Age" of Fox-Hunting in England; and British Fox-Hunting Survives Two World Wars. Written by Alexander Henry Higginson, an American-born British writer and sportsman who wrote various works on foxhunting. Bound in half blue crushed morocco with blue cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown dated 1947. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .