"Full Tilt: The Sporting Memoirs of Foxhall Keene" Book 1938

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HATCH, Alden and KEENE, Foxhall

[170] pp.

The Derrydale Press

1938

10 1/4" x 7 5/8"

The Derrydale Press, New … Read more HATCH, Alden and KEENE, Foxhall

[170] pp.

The Derrydale Press

1938

10 1/4" x 7 5/8"

The Derrydale Press, New York, 1938. First edition, #393 of 950 copies.. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece of Foxhall Keene by Richard B. Adam plus 13 pages of plates from photographs and drawings. xiii, [iii], 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The life and accomplishments of all round sportsman Foxhall Keene, in steeplechasing, foxhunting, polo, and many other pursuits. Keene was part of the first American international polo match in 1886; he remarks, "In those days everything in polo was for blood"; and the British beat the Americans hollow for the first couple of matches. Siegel 131; Frazier H-6-a Full blue cloth gilt, Illustrated with a colored frontispiece of Foxhall Keene by Richard B. Adam plus 13 pages of plates from photographs and drawings. xiii, [iii], 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. See less