LEICESTERSHIRE AND THE QUORN HUNT. By Colin D.B. Ellis.

1951 1st edition. 4to (189 x 251mm). Ppxiv,221. B/w illustrations, foreword by Major Guy Paget, map end-papers*. Gilt fox motif to red silk-finished cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"Since the days of Hugo Meynell, 'father of modern fox-hunting', the Quorn has held an exceptional position among English hunts. ..In this book Mr. Ellis recoutns the history of the Hunt from the earliest times to the present day and makes a fascinating story of hunting and social history. The author has collected together many fresh facts and tells of hunting people and local personages with a quiet humour." Chapters include: Mr Boothby and Mr Meynell; Mr Meynell and his Field; Mr Meynell's Leicestershire; Too many Masters; The cavalcade; Country business; Masters and men; The awkward age; ladies to the centre; The Masters and the man; Who is Boodle?; Those were the days; In those days; Between the Wars; In these days (to 1951). Appendices are: Some covers and landmarks; Masters and Huntsmen*. The map end-papers show, in turn, The Monday Country, The Friday Country, The Tuesday Country, and, The Saturday Country.