THE GREAT HUNTS: FOXHUNTING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. By Alastair Jackson.

1989 1st edition. 4to (194 x 246mm). Pp240. Colour and b/w photographs by Jim Meads, b/w illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"This splendid and beautifully illustrated book starts with a look at the state of the organisation of the sport today, moving on to a detailed survey of the 'Great Hunts' both in the UK and further afield. The organisation of the Hunt is covered, along with its kennels and stables; and the early ancestry and development of the modern foxhound." Chapters include: The role of foxhunting past and present; The evolution of the modern foxhound; Constitutions and countries - the organisation of hunting; Management of horse and hound; And so to horse - the mounted field; In defence of our foxhunting heritage; The Quorn, the Belvoir, the Cottesmore; The Four Burrow, the Exmoor, the Cotley, the Cattistock, the Portman; The New Forest, the Chiddingford, Leconfield and Cowdray, the Crawley and Horsham; The Duke of Beaufort's, the Berkeley, the Heythrop, the Warwickshire; The Brocklesby, the Fitzwilliam, the Puckeridge; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's, the Meynell, the Ludlow; The Glamorgan, the David Davies, the Curre; The Blencathra, the Middleton, the Percy; The Dumfriesshire, the College Valley, the Duke of Buccleuch's; County Galway, the Kilkenny, the County Limerick, the Scarteen; Italy, Spain, USA, Canada.