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Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; First Edition Hardcover In Red Paper Covered Boards With Bright Gilt Spine Title. Spine Ends Bumped, Tips Still Sharp. One 1/2" Red Ink Japanese Stamp At Upper Tip Of Fep, Else Crisp, Tight And Unmarked. 123 Pp Text Is Slightly Musty If You *Really* Stick Your Nose Into The Book. Unclipped Original Dust In New Mylar Shows Color Loss On Tips And Frt Panel Fold, Light Soil On White Background Rear Panel. Jacket Shows A Jacketed Horseman With Watery Buzzed Eyes Sitting On A Bar Stool, His Right Hand Rests On His Thigh, His Left Hand Holds An Empty Pint Glass With The Rim Facing The Floor. Death Of A Vulpicide Is The Life Story Of A Shy Orphan Who Early Acquired A Passion For Fox Hunting. By Devious Ways And In Different Hunting Countries He Made Himself Before His Death 'Almost The Best Amateur Huntsman In England'. There Have Been Many Fictional Portraits Of Masters Of Hounds Since Handley Cross, But None Present A More Vivid Picture Of Conditions In The Epoch After The Last War. Gruff, Uncouth, Eccentric But Devoted To His Calling, John Mandible Is Not A Lovable Character, But We See Him Winning The Respect Of His Followers And The Goodwill Of The Farming Community, And Revealing In The Process An Unexpected Tenderness For Man And Beast. The Author Of The Twelfth And Fox Me Has Drawn On A Wide Knowledge Of Hunting Folk In Eire And England To Give A Vivid Picture Of Their Reactions To The Little Man They Call 'Mowgli Mandible' And, Though There Is Satire In This Story, J. K. Stanford Believes With Charles Waterton That Fox Hunting 'Does Signal Service To The Nation At Large'; And, As One Of His Character's Asserts, The Author Also Believes Firmly That 'It Will Be A Very Sad Day For The Countryside When All Fox Hunting Dies Out' And That The Alternatives Of Shooting, Trapping And Poisoning Foxes Involve Much Greater Cruelty.
