Nimrod, Thomas Hood, Sylvanus Swanquill and others
Title
THE BOOK OF SPORTS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN devoted to the pictorial illustration of the pursuits of the sportsman in every quarter of the Globel 1843
PlacePub
London
Publisher
Walter Spiers, Rudolf Ackermann & Co + 3 others
Date
1843
Illustrations
Engraved plates (100 including 2 frontis 2 engraved pictorial titles) by H. Alken, A. Cooper, Howitt, Herring, Landseer and others.
Description
TWO VOLUMES in ONE quarto red morocco and half cloth sides (rebacked with old spine lable relaid, hinges and corners scuffed, lower cover with 1cm damage to cloth). Marbled endpapers, All Edges Gilt, 2 inscriptions (Vincent Williamson from his Aunt Mary Anne Febry 8th 1864, and Patrick Stevenson 1948). Frontis + engraved title + printed title +[4]pp contents & plate list for both volumes + 93pp (page 93 bound in twice); Frontis & engraved title to Vol.2 +92pp. *Profusely illustrated collection of sporting anecdotes and accounts of exciting events by mid-19th century sportsmen.
Booknumber
V74735
Price
Price: GBP 170.00 or USD 209.00
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