Scarlet to M.F.H. by Cecil Aldin - 1933

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1933. Quarto, cloth hardcover, 151 pp., illustrated (some in color), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, soiling or discoloration to some pages and to the page-edges, some soiling to the covers as well, rubbing and wear to the covers including some loss at the tips, no dust jacket.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. First Edition. 151 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rebound for library. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. Mild staining to some pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Notable scuffing and marking to boards. Dewy code to spine. Book has a forward lean.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. xii, 151pp [previous ink ownership on front free endpaper; sizable chip to top dj spine and top front panel; edgewear to dj] States First published in 1933, Preface dated August, 1933 - no other date. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Color and b&w illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. Hardcover. Fair. 'Fatherly' guide for Huntsmen and women aspiring to become a master of fox hounds. With numerous b/w and colour illustrations. 4to. Rubbing and wear to top of spine. Marking and staining to covers. Spotting to end-papers, occasional spotting within, otherwise clean and binding sound. Fair+

London: Eyre and Spottiswood, 1933 First edition, 1933. 151 pages. Illustrated by CECIL ALDIN. Original cloth. Covers faded (see photos) else Good plus copy.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

E-381. Good+. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Charles Scribners, New York. 1933. Xii, 152 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A book of fox-hunting with hounds. Written for the novice with information and instruction on some of the things he or she should know before deciding to follow a pack of hounds and some idea of how they are managed in field and kennel. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 – 6 January 1935) , was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Good/Good. First American edition. Quarto. Red stains at the tops of the endpapers and on the topedge, else very good in fair only dustwrapper with tape repaired tears and staining.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Book. VG+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Red cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. Minor shelf wear, mild binding lean, text block edges somewhat dulled by age. xii,152 pp., illus. Early reprint, no statement of edition/printing, copyrighted 1933, undated main title. Scarce illus. dust jacket typically age-toned, most especially along spine panel, chipped at spine extremities w/ approx. 1/2" loss at heel, rubbed flap folds, 3" closed tear along top front edge extending into "Scarlet" of title (no loss), a few short closed edge tears, now in mylar..

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG book, GOOD DJ. FAE. No tp date, BUT cp: "1st published 1933".. (1933). 1st American. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). FINE text & illustrations. Red cloth with red tinted top edge. Gilt lettered spine info. . FINE book BUT: extrems rubbed, very few foxed spots on text block fore edge, spine ends lightly sunned. PRISTINE inside, no pastedown glue browning, aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. DJ a very plain design. Both flaps and rear panel blank. Had been a price on upper flap, now clipped. Bright front panel design. Problems with DJ spine. Lower 3" chipped away. Sunned. DJ had split at spine. Now repaired inside with archival adhesive tissue. 5" closed tear upper front panel, similarly internally repaired. Still a nice DJ. .

Scribner. Used - Very Good. 1933. Cloth, dj, small quarto, 151 pp., illustratedthroughout. Dj sunned at spine. Edge-wear to top edge of dj with some chipping and loss. A page from an issue of The Sportsman's Library affixed to ffep. Previous owner name penned to fpd. Minor foxing to end papers and paste downs. Overall, very good. (Subject: Hunting.)