[Rarebooks] FS: The unspeakable in hot pursuit of the inedible

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Dease,  Edmund  F.  A  COMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  WESTMEATH  HUNT 
FROM ITS  FOUNDATION  WITH  DESCRIPTION OF THE  COUNTRY  AND 
ACCOUNTS OF  RUNS,  REMINISCENCES  OF  DIFFERENT  PACKS  WHICH  HAVE 
HUNTED IN  THE COUNTY  DURING  THE  LAST  HUNDRED  YEARS...  AMUSING 
SCENES  IN  THE  FIELD  (ILLUSTRATED) APPENDIX (IN  VERSE). THE 
W.M.H.  IN JUBILEE  YEAR. LIST OF  MEMBERS (ILLUSTRATED), WITH 
LIKENESSES BY COLONEL JAMES SMYTH.  Dublin: Printed by Browne and 
Nolan, 1898. xii, 158 pp., [2] leaves of plates.  Illus. with b/w 
photos and drawings. 4to. 29 cm. Three quarter black morocco over red 
and beige cloth stamped in gilt. First edition.

Scarce history of one of the  most famous Irish hunts begun in 1690 
when Bishop Dopping of Meath kept a pack of hounds at Lowtown near 
Killucan. OCLC and RLIN show only 5 copies world wide. A very good 
copy,  boards soiled, new endpapers, period inscription on blank from 
Allan M. Brabazon to Mrs. Fontaine. $250.00

Regards,

Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P.O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424.
Phone: 518-589-0555.
Email: books at kaaterskillbooks.com
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