Hound, horse, hoof and turf / by Tom Andrews ("Gin and Beer") ; (a medley of sporting and horse and cattle dealing memoirs) ; edited and with an introduction by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough.
Published / Created:
Worcester : Ebenezer Baylis, The Trinity Press, Worcester, 1934.
Physical Description:
vii, [3], 11-167, [1] pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsSK185 .A533 1934Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes index.Last page blank.Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 411BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original red cloth; with dust jacket. With a presentation inscription from the author to Fairfax Blakeborough, May 2nd 1934. Removed to accompanying folder: [1] ALS from Alfred Pease to Blakeborough, May 17, 1934; [2] Incomplete letter from an unidentified writer (Burngreave, Pitsmoor, Sheffield), to Blakeborough, 19 May 1934; [3] various clippings concerning Andrews, etc.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough -- I. Fairs, dealers and love affairs -- II. More Welsh, and sporting memories and stories -- III. Ledbury Hunt memories -- IV. Worcestershire and Croome Hunt memories -- V. Some turf memories -- VI. Memories about horses and yeomen -- VII. English hounds and Welsh hounds.
Subject Terms:
Hunting -- England -- Anecdotes. | Horses -- England. | Horse racing -- England -- Anecdotes. | Fox hunting -- England -- Anecdotes. | Baylis, Ebenezer -- Publisher. | Trinity Press -- Publisher. | Andrews, Tom -- Presentation inscription to J. Fairfax-Blakeborough. | Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883– -- Presentation inscription from Tom Andrews.
Form/Genre:
Photomechanical prints -- 1934. | Dust jackets.
Contributors:
Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–, writer of introduction.