The Fox-Hunter's Bedside Book compiled by the Lady Apsley, Illus Lionel Edwards 1st Ed. 1949 campaign Each cheek has two slots

Each cheek has two slots for the curb rein

v Diepenbeke delineavit

The heel bands are much finer and thinner than those seen on later spurs (please see the image that compares them to a ictorian spur by Maxwell)There are hooks or spikes at the end of each arm which wrap around the heel of the boot

It was published by the Batchworth Press

This delicate lady's riding whip is made of golden brown twisted baleen or whalebone

The Fox-Hunter's Bedside Book compiled by the Lady Apsley, Illus Lionel Edwards 1st Ed. 1949 campaign Each cheek has two slotsThis is a first edition of this book, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1949. Its illustrated dust jacket is a little tatty around its edges, the red cover with gilt lettering and decoration is in very good condition. This book was compiled by Lady Apsley and has contributions from Cecil Aldin, "B. B.", Duke of Beaufort, Wilfred Blunt, Winston Churchill, Lionel Edwards, Henry Fielding, "Mr Jorrocks", Rudyard Kipling, General Montgomery, "Nimrod",