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WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, Richard Greville Verney, Baron (1869-1923, editor). The Sport of our Ancestors bring a Collection of Prose and Verse setting forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting as they Knew It. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1921. 4to (287 x 230mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, 20 mounted plates by George Denholm Armour, a few coloured. Original holland-backed paper boards, spine with green roan lettering-piece gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (upper section of upper cover faded, some light staining, lettering-piece rubbed). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 4 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Anthony Eden with very best wishes from Willoughby de Broke, November 1923." Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography p.388.