Hunting literature had its beginnings as early as the fourteenth century, when nobles hunted stag, bear, fox, and other game on horseback. As foxhunting grew in popularity, literary works that covered the sport flourished, as well. In Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography, M. L. Biscotti has compiled all books produced in Great Britain and the United States that pertain to, or mention, foxhunting with hounds. Arranged alphabetically by author, more than 2000 titles are included. Each entry features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding. Nearly every title is also annotated with a description of the book’s contents, and biographical sketches are provided for the most notable authors. Narratives, histories, illustrated works, verse, fiction, and even anti-hunting literature all have their place in this volume. Six Centuries of Foxhunting also features more than thirty images of book covers and foxhunting illustrations. With appendixes that contain author, title, and illustrator time lines, and separate author and title indexes, this comprehensive bibliography is a valuable resource for researchers, book dealers and collectors, and foxhunters.

Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography

Reference

Biscotti, M. L.

Catalogs & Directories

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Since the 1700s, British periodicals devoted to field sports have been reporting developments in techniques, trends, legislation, conservation, and more. They therefore provide a detailed examination of the country’s rich and broad history of hunting, fishing, foxhunting, and related shooting sports. British Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography is the first comprehensive listing of all the periodicals on field sports produced in Great Britain up to 1950. Each title is described in detail, including publisher, place of publication, general content, format, frequency of issue, and publishing history. The book also includes many wonderful images of magazine covers and front pages, diagrams that trace various name changes and mergers, and a detailed timeline. Exhaustively researched and carefully compiled, British Sporting Periodicals is a valuable reference tool for collectors, historians, and researchers of field sports.

British Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Since the 1800s, American periodicals devoted to field sports have been reporting developments in techniques, trends, legislation, conservation, and more. They therefore provide a detailed examination of the rich and broad history of hunting, fishing, foxhunting, and related shooting sports in America. American Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography lists all the periodicals on field sports published in America from the early 1800s to 1950—a total of more than 600 titles. Each entry lists information such as years of publication, frequency of issue, publisher, general content, and first and last date of issuance. The book also includes more than twenty-five images of magazine covers and front pages, diagrams that trace various name changes and mergers, and a detailed timeline. Exhaustively researched and carefully compiled, this first comprehensive listing of American sporting periodicals will serve as a valuable reference tool for collectors and researchers of field sports in America.

American Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography

History

Americas

Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art

Derrydale Pr

Paul Brown is the definitive book on an artist who is widely regarded as the preeminent American illustrator of equestrian subjects. Based on extensive interviews with Brown's family, friends, and artistic contemporaries, Paul Brown includes a biography of the man and contains a complete listing of all the published works that include Brown's art as well as listings of all of Brown's prints, items sometimes attributed to Brown, and methods of identifying first editions of Paul Brown's art. Although Brown is primarily known for his wonderful paintings, drawings and sketches of horses and equestrian sports, he is also well known for his elegant and prolific illustrations for Brooks Brothers catalogs over three decades.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Derrydale Press

Offers a comprehensive look at the twentieth century sporting artist, Paul Brown.

Provenance; from the Belfast Library and Society for promoting knowledge with its bookplate. Physical description; ix, 223, [1] p. : front ; 19 cm. Notes; Complete list of works on p. 206-224. Subject; Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957).

American sporting books series

Business

Sunrise Pub. Co.]

From its founding at the residence of Theodore Roosevelt in 1887, one of the primary goals of the Boone and Crockett Club has been to disseminate information about wilderness areas and the wild game that inhabits those spaces. Through their own publications, and very selectively through approved works of other publishers, the Boone and Crockett Club has and continues to realize the vision of its founders, here most recently with A Bibliography of American Sporting Books by M. L. Biscotti. 
We are very proud to say that this is only the sixth book so approved during the entire one hundred and ten year history of the club. Sharing its title with the pioneering work by John C. Phillips, also a Boone and Crockett Club approved book, A Bibliography of American Sporting Books continues the work of its predecessor in compiling all the important sporting books published in America from 1926 to 1985. The focus is clearly on birds and mammals with angling works appearing tangentially. This is a work of great importance as now the reading sportsman as well as researchers have an invaluable and essential resource. 
Arranged alphabetically by author, the book is completely indexed by title as well which facilitates easy and rapid use as a quick reference and provides the framework for more leisurely investigation into general subjects, authors and titles. The author is widely considered an authority on the bibliographic aspects of sporting books and a more thorough, accurate and complete examination of this subject is unimaginable. This is the author’s magnum opus and we are thrilled to be part of it. This book will be the standard reference for many years to come.

A Bibliography of American Sporting Books

Sports & Outdoors

Hunting & Fishing

Meadow Run Pr

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Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography

British Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography

American Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography

Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art

Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art

Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art

American sporting books series

A Bibliography of American Sporting Books