CHINA. – C. Noel DAVIS. A History of the Shanghai Paper Hunt Club 1863-1930. Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited, 1930. First edition, 4to (278 x 224mm.) Large folding frontispiece from a photograph of the Christmas 1929 hunt, numerous photographic plates and illustrations after drawings by Edmund Toeg, 2 coloured and 1 folding, 6 folding maps to the rear of the riding country outside Shanghai. (Toning, scattered spotting to some leaves, corner creasing to maps.) Original cloth (sunned to spine, extremities lightly rubbed).           Note: lacking Chinese foxes to hunt, in 1863 the English expatriate community in Shanghai established the ‘Shanghai Paper Hunt Club’. They rode Mongolian ponies known as ‘China Ponies’ and chased pieces of coloured paper around the countryside outside of Shanghai. The Chinese themselves were excluded from joining the club until 1920. This book is a photographic record of the clubs activities as well as a record of all the hunts, hunt handicaps, Steeplechases and Points-to-Points they achieved.