"Mallet & Hounds" 1931 GEERY, Addison

"Mallet & Hounds" 1931 GEERY, Addison


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[133] pp.

GEERY, Addison

1st Edition

Privately Printed

1931

9.5″ x 6.5″

Signed copy of the scarce & privately printed polo classic title: ‘Mallet & Hounds’ housed in saddle brown leather boards with gilt lettering & offered in a ltd ‘subscriber’ edition of only two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number 130 inscribed on F.F.E.P: Grace R. Smith- further signed by Addison Geery on the limitation pp

Together with rare b&w archival photos of the consummate sportsman, Seymour H. Knox & his fellow Aurora Polo Team players-

Further embellished throughout with charming equine illustrations by the inimitable sporting artist- Paul Desmond Brown

Chapter contents include: I- An Ancient Sport/ II- Polo Comes to America/ III- Buffalo Country Club/ IV- Lake Shore Hunt Club/ V- Genessee Valley Hunt/ VI- Rochester Polo- & VII- Appendix-

Signed by Author

*front panel detaching at base w/ spine loss*