BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1939-1949. WITH DIARY AND HUNT MAPS. FORTY-THIRD YEAR.

(1897) 1948 43rd year. 8vo (135 x 214mm). Ppxii[ads],ii,542. B/w photographs, illustrations, three fold-out maps, brief bibliography. Red boards, gilt fox's mask and titles to upper board, gilt advert for Guntrip's Turf Commission Agents to rear board, spine titled in gilt.

"Register of winners, with meetings, and placed horses at point-to-point races, 1947 and 1948". "The forty-third volume of Baily's Hunting Directory resumes the Annual Record of Hunting at home and abroad after publication had to be cancelled in 1939, owing to the outbreak of the Second World war. ...As far as possible ...the new volume links up with the last edition (1938-1939), and continues the history of each hunt during the war years. most packs were semi-dormant during this period, but have now been re-organized, many with the increased practical interest of the farmers, who are contributing so much to the life, wealth, and sport of the country today. ...The aftermath of War has brought many casualties to hunts abroad, particularly in Europe and in India, but the details of those which have survived make most interesting reading. For some the 'swan-song', as in the case of the Ramle Vale, Palestine, is a worthy record of sporting achievement".