THE QUORNDON HOUNDS, THE HITCHCOCK EDITION VOLUME III

NEW YORK: THE DERRYDALE PRESS, 1930 VERY NICE ROYAL BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN ON FRONT OF A HUNTING DOG, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, NO MARKINGS, 750 SETS CREATED, SET NUMBER NOT INDICATED. BY ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS OF SPORT IN HISTORY. THE STORY TAKES YOU THERE AND IS A JOY TO READ. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. The Quorn Hunt, usually called the Quorn, established in 1696, is one of the world's oldest fox hunting packs and claims to be the United Kingdom's most famous hunt. Its country is mostly in Leicestershire, together with some smaller areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Fox Hunting. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him." ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.