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Author: M. L. Biscotti Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 144224190X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 529
Book Description
Hunting literature had its beginnings as early as the fourteenth century, when nobles hunted stag, bear, fox, and other game on horseback. As foxhunting grew in popularity, literary works that covered the sport flourished, as well. In Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography, M. L. Biscotti has compiled all books produced in Great Britain and the United States that pertain to, or mention, foxhunting with hounds. Arranged alphabetically by author, more than 2000 titles are included. Each entry features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding. Nearly every title is also annotated with a description of the book’s contents, and biographical sketches are provided for the most notable authors. Narratives, histories, illustrated works, verse, fiction, and even anti-hunting literature all have their place in this volume. Six Centuries of Foxhunting also features more than thirty images of book covers and foxhunting illustrations. With appendixes that contain author, title, and illustrator time lines, and separate author and title indexes, this comprehensive bibliography is a valuable resource for researchers, book dealers and collectors, and foxhunters.
Author: M. L. Biscotti Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 144224190X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 529
Book Description
Hunting literature had its beginnings as early as the fourteenth century, when nobles hunted stag, bear, fox, and other game on horseback. As foxhunting grew in popularity, literary works that covered the sport flourished, as well. In Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography, M. L. Biscotti has compiled all books produced in Great Britain and the United States that pertain to, or mention, foxhunting with hounds. Arranged alphabetically by author, more than 2000 titles are included. Each entry features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding. Nearly every title is also annotated with a description of the book’s contents, and biographical sketches are provided for the most notable authors. Narratives, histories, illustrated works, verse, fiction, and even anti-hunting literature all have their place in this volume. Six Centuries of Foxhunting also features more than thirty images of book covers and foxhunting illustrations. With appendixes that contain author, title, and illustrator time lines, and separate author and title indexes, this comprehensive bibliography is a valuable resource for researchers, book dealers and collectors, and foxhunters.
Author: Knightley William Horlock Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473338794 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
This vintage book, originally published in 1920, contains a collection of reminiscences relating to author's extensive hunting experiences. Fascinating and enjoyable to read, this volume offers a unique insight into English hunting in the nineteenth century, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of the sport. Contents include: "Great Equestrian Feat Performed without a Horse", "The Authors rapid Promotion", "Reminiscences connected with Ten Thousand a Year", "The 'Real Original' Fox", "Account of some Morning Calls upon him", "He dies a Domesticated Character", "Comparative speed of Hounds and Horses", "A Curiosity in Natural History", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.
Author: Nathaniel Burt Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 9780812216936 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 678
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The Perennial Philadelphians tells the story of the city's inherited aristocracy—of Wanamakers and Drexels, of Biddles and Cadwaladers. Drawing on history, genealogy, politics, economics, the fine arts, private diaries, and the impressions and anecdotes of myriad living witnesses, Nathaniel Burt paints a fascinating portrait of Old Philadelphians. He traces the succession of a dynasty of doctors or lawyers, explores the country club scene, and takes us to regattas on the Schuylkill, fox hunts in Radnor, and horse shows in Devon. First published in 1963, this classic text has lost none of its timeliness. An adept social commentator, Burt cuts aside the centuries-old protective coloration in which Old Philadelphians have wrapped themselves, and reveals who these people are and how they manage to perpetuate themselves from generation to generation.
Author: Andrew Bolton Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN: 1588392066 Category : Costume Languages : en Pages : 162
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"Anglomania gripped Europe during the mid to late 18th century. Continental Anglophiles such as Voltaire and Montesquieu saw England as a land of reason, freedom, and tolerance. Yet what began as an intellectual phenomenon became, and has remained, a matter of style. Through the lens of fashion, this volume examines aspects of English culture that continue to capture the imaginations of Europeans and Americans, among them the class system, sport, royalty, pageantry, eccentricity, the gentleman, and the country garden. Englishness is a romantic construct, formed by fictive and imaginary narratives. These narratives are, however, not merely the product of European-American Anglophilia but are fostered by the English themselves. As this book reveals, they can be found in the novels of Samuel Richardson and in the paintings of George Stubbs and William Hogarth. AngloMania presents historical costumes with clothing of the late 20th and early 21st centuries in a series of theatrical vignettes staged in the Museum's English Period Rooms. The illuminating and entertaining texts are complemented by an essay, which traces the desire for all things British"-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author: Anon Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1447480740 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 88
Book Description
Rural sports are full of odd customs and etiquette and hunting is no exception. This helpful guide will let you navigate the minefield of dress and riding technique including a small guide to the language of the hunt.
Author: Mandy de Belin Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press ISBN: 1909291064 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 173
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Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the sport of hunting was transformed: the principal prey changed from deer to fox, and the methods of pursuit were revolutionized. Questioning the traditional explanation of the hunting transition—namely that change in the landscape led to a decline of the deer population—this book explores the terrain of Northamptonshire during that time period and seeks alternative justifications. Arguing that the many changes that hunting underwent in England were directly related to the transformation of the hunting horse, this in-depth account demonstrates how the near-thoroughbred horse became the mount of choice for those who hunted in the shires. This book shows how, quite literally, the thrill of the chase drove the hunting transition.
Author: Dorothy Ours Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0312641850 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
Tells the story of Battleship, a small American racehorse, his seventeen year old jockey, and his owner who was a woman ahead of her time, and how they challenged convention by entering Britain's most difficult racecourse.
Author: M. L. Biscotti
Author: M. L. Biscotti
Author: J. Stanley Reeve
Author: Knightley William Horlock
Author: Nathaniel Burt
Author: Andrew Bolton
Author: Anon
Author: Alexander Mackay-Smith
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Author: Brian Vesey-FitzGerald
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