sporting sketch book series characteristic von carleton john william (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp vi, 200 [11] plates. Handsomely bound in half leather over marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt at the spine with five raised bands. Contributors include: Lord William Lennox, Jonathan Swift, a gentleman of Kentucky, Sir John Dean Paul. Neat name on first blank page with a slight split at upper front hinge, otherwise sound, very good. Bookplate on the front pastedown of one, Mark Firth.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this charming collection of essays on sports, with contributions from ' the most distinguished sporting writers of the day'. Contributors include Lord William Lennox, Jonathan Swift, 'a gentleman of Kentucky', and Sir John Dean Paul.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and ten further engraved plates, each retaining the original tissue guard. Collated, complete.Essays in this delightful collection - edited by John William Carleton - include discussions of otter-hunting, fowling, and the beagles of Prince Albert. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip and head of front board. Split in cloth of rear joint, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting and handling marks to tissue guards, with pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.