HORSES, HOUNDS AND THE ODD STAG. By Tim Bishop. With illustrations by Michael Lyne and Brian Rawling.

1979 1st edition. 4to (198 x 257mm). Ppxii,81. B/w illustrations by Michael Lyne and Brian Rawling. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Collection of original short pieces on horses and hunting by Tim Bishop of The Field. Chapters include: The pride of the morning; The opening meet; Going out on a green one; Dangerous dodges out hunting; A question of soundness; Christmas and hunting; Field Master; The travelling foxhunter; Waiting for the frost; Taking out a young hunter; Meets and their merits; Ridden by the huntsman; 'As hounds ran'; Prepared to mount; Hunters, made and otherwise; Unwritten rules at the gate; Giving the horse a square deal; Strangers within the gates; Handsome is as does; Point-to-points again; First point-to-point ride; Summer hack; The Young Ones; A beautiful ride for a cob; Up-to-date at Pony Club camps; Unsporting terms; Privately sold; Show business; 'Comparisons are odious'; Stalking for a change; A stalker on the hill; 'The Yellow Stage'. NB. The half-title page verso is printed with an incorrect ISBN, 0904602133. This is actually the ISBN for Lurchers and Longdogs by E.G. Walsh published a year earlier. The correct ISBN for this book, 0904602117, is printed on the rear dust-wrapper flap.