Thoughts Upon Hunting Kit in a Series of Nine Letters to a Friend, , in which are given the author's best knowledge from observation etc., of the proper kit seen in the Shires, and worn by well turned out men and women in any hunting field.
Millbrook: Privately Printed for the author [by The Derrydale Press], 1934.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
First edition, no. 112 of 500 copies. Illustrated with 4 photographs, and a drawing by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Red paper over boards, with white paper printed label on the upper cover. Spine very slightly faded, else fine. Siegel 83; Frazier R-6-a; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 304-5.
Item #239045
An almost unprocurable Derrydale Press title. The book appeared in two bindings: red paper boards with a printed white label, and in full leather with gilt medallion on upper cover. Both are uncommon, and, although the number in the deluxe leather binding is not known, in fact, copies in boards are seen only rarely. We have never seen copies bearing a number highter than 175. Siegel states that "We understand from a reliable source that upon housekeeping after Mr. Reynal's death, a large carton of Thoughts Upon Hunting Kit was taken to the dump ... "
