Paul Desmond Brown
"Mallet & Hounds" 1931 GEERY, Addison
$950
[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*
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*