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FOX HUNTING -- Lionel EDWARDS. A Leicestershire sketch book. Written and illustrated by Lionel Edwards. London & New York: 1935. 4° (313 x 245mm). 8 coloured plates, 52 illustrations, all after Edwards. Contemporary (?original) pigskin, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, gilt edges. VERY RARE: ONE OF 11 COPIES, lettered A to K, this copy 'A' with the limitation leaf signed by Edwards and an original pen-and-ink sketch by him of a horse's head in profile. Cf. Mellon Books 423 (not mentioning the limited edition). Huntsmen past and present. Written by Lionel Edwards ... and illustrated from contemporary prints and from original watercolour drawings by the author. London & New York: 1929. 4° (280 x 220mm). 2pp. subscribers' list. 21 plates (10 mounted and coloured after Edwards). Original vellum-backed cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance : Queen Mary (presentation inscription 'For Harry from his devoted mother Mary Sandringham Christmas 1929'). SUBSCRIBER'S COPY. NUMBER 1 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY EDWARDS. Cf. Mellon Books 367 (not mentioning the limited edition); and two other limited editions, illustrated by Lionel Edwards: E.T. Macdermot. The Devon and Somerset staghounds 1907-1936 , London, 1936, 4°, original leather-backed cloth, number 35 of 75 copies signed by author and artist; Lionel Dawson. Sport in war , London, 1936, 4°, original leather-backed cloth, number 1 of 75 copies signed by author and artist. (4)