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Creator:
Van Urk, John Blan, 1902-
Title(s):

The story of American foxhunting : from challenge to full cry / by J. Blan Van Urk; introduction by Gordon Grand.

Published/Created:
New York : Derrydale Press, c1940-
Physical Description:
v. : ill., ports., maps, facsims. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sporting 2326
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Nine hundred and fifty copies ... have been printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 468,470
BAC: British Art Center copy: 2 volumes. Buckram-texture red cloth; deep red mock-leather paper labels stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, top edges gilt, untrimmed; red and yellow checkered headband and tailband. Volume I: (1940) 1650-1861. Half-title, frontispiece, title-page, 48 plates of collotypes, 1 plate of a photolithograph, 1 line-photoengraving on title-page. Volume II: (1941) 1865-1906. Half-title, color frontispiece, title-page, 1 plate of a color halftone-photoengraving, 57 plates of collotypes, 1 line-photoengraving on title-page. Volume II inscribed by the author to Paul Mellon. One of 950 sets. Spine height: 12 3/4 inches.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- North America.
Foxhounds.
Contributors:
Grand, Gordon.
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  • Vol. 1. 1650-1861
  • v. 2. 1865-1906.

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