Sporting Anecdotes; original and sleect; including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who have Appeared on the Turf: with an interesting Selection of the most extraordinary events which have transpired in the Sporting World; A correct Description of the Animals of the Chase; and of every other subject connected with the various Diversions of the Field
Language: English
Published by Albion Press, London, 1807
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Raddon House Books, Exeter, Devon, United KingdomRaddon House Books
AbeBooks seller since August 24, 2020
Condition: Used
US$ 171.95
Quantity: 1 available
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4½ x 7½" pp. xvi +579 + [5] publisher's advertisements. Engraved frontispiece and vignette of dogs on the title page, but unlike the first edition of 1804 the second edition of 1807 has no other engravings. In original boards with engraving of a hound on the front board and advertisement on the rear board. No back board. Boards are heavily rubbed. Binding firm with no loose pages. Contents clean with hardly any marks or stains. All edges uncut. Could be rebound or kept in its (rare) original state.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Sporting Anecdotes; original and sleect; including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who have Appeared on the Turf: with an interesting Selection of the most extraordinary events which have transpired in the Sporting World; A correct Description of the Animals of the Chase; and of every other subject connected with the various Diversions of the Field
- Author
- Egan, Pierce (Amateur Sportsman)
- Publisher
- Albion Press, London
- Publication year
- 1807
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Equestrian, Nineteenth Century Books
Raddon House Books
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 24, 2020
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I am a retired academic with a small stock of varied fiction and non fiction books from the 17th century onwards.
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Raddon House Books
United Kingdom
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