foress sporting notes sketches quarterly von finch mason alexander cuthbert bradley (3 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: very good. Mason, Finch; ALEXANDER, R. M.; BRADLEY, Cuthbert (illustrator). 32 tinted full page illustrations. viii + 300pp. plus ads. 8vo, gilt-bordered green leather, original front cover bound into rear; lightly edgeworn and along hinges. London: Fores, 1888. A very good copy.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 vols., plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents; Volume I: (1884-1885). vol. II: (1885-1886). vol. III: (1886-1187). vol. IV: (1887-1888). vol. V: (1888-1889). Subjects; Hunting Great Britain Periodicals. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. This magazine was published from 1884-1912. This is the first 28 of 29 volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's half red morocco over blue cloth covered boards. Spines have raised bands, gilt lettering to two compartments and gilt decorations to remaining four compartments: crossed whips with a fox's brush and riding hat; duck; horse's head and a horse shoe. With marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 896 plates (32/vol) after Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley and others (the majority tinted duotone lithographs). Glossy b/w 'Fores's Illustrated Catalogue' (from 6 to 22 pp) bound into the rear of each volume followed by ads for other Fores's publications. Slight unevenness to color of spines (as usual) , minor scuffing to some edges & corners. Condition of covers ranges from VG to VG+. Four volumes have a few flecks of foxing on the front &/or rear endpapers. Top corner of p.136, vol XVIII missing a 1/2" piece. Otherwise the interiors of texts including plates are in near fine condition. . A very handsome set. Inside the front cover of each volume is the armorial bookplate of WILLIAM DUGALD STUART (Esquire, J. P. For co. Beds. Lieut. Colonel Late Bedford Regiment, formerly King's Royal Rifle Corp born Oct. 18, 1860) with the motto: "Avito viret honore." Sports, Sports Stories, Bicycling, Billiards, Boxing, Cricket, Curling, Equestrian, Fox Hunting, Golf, Horse Racing, Sailing etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8402 pages.