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The Sportsman's Press, London, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Profusely illustrated hefty coffee table book. 224 glossy pp of quality stock. Chapters include: Author's Acknowledgments/ Foreword by Paul Mellon, KBE/ Intro: The Changing World/ A Watershed in British Sporting Art/ Bridging the Centuries: Edwardian Days/ The Transitional Scene/ Formative Influences and Innovations/ New Artists in a New Century/ A More Serious Approach/ Lionel Edwards: The Grand Old Man of British Sporting Art/ Munnings: The Master/ Women Make Their Mark/ Sporting Artists at War/ Peace and a Changing World/ Mid-Century and New Names/ Breaking with Tradition/ Women in the Ascendant/ Field Sports and the Natural Artist/ British Sporting Sculpture in the Twentieth Century/ Cricket and Other Diversions/ The Century in Retrospect/ The Way Ahead/ Appendices/ List of Illustrations/ Illustration Acknowledgments/ Selected Bibliography/ Index. ( P )