Messrs Fores (33 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front. Dark brown lettering on beige (formerly red) spine. 6 1/4" x 9." 304 pages, complete. Thirty-two tinted illustrations (black-and-white colors on brown paper), complete. List of Illustrations in front. Pages are clean and intact except for light age toning throughout, small occasional marks or stains, and foxing and discoloration on first and last few pages in front and back. Covers are clean and intact but spine has faded to beige and there is fading along edges, light rubbing, a few small stains, and bumped corners. A Very Good copy. This the Volume XV issue of Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a quarterly magazine. This magazine was published by the Fores family publishing firm founded by Samuel William Fores (1761-1838), an English publisher and printseller. Samuel became well-known for his Piccadilly print shop. His sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-1858) and Arthur Blucher Fores (1814-1883), continued the family business and focused on publishing sporting prints. The Foreses' company continued to operate for many decades thereafter. This issue includes many brief sketches and anecdotes relating to the world of hunting, sporting, and other forms of outdoor recreation. Also included is one sketch about California titled, "Californiana." The following are the titles of the contents with their respective authors (if applicable): "Fox-Hunting in Relation to Life" by Cuthbert Bradley, "The Secret Telegram" by the "Author of Racing for Gold, &c.," "The Evergreen Gorse" by "Brentingby," "Who Shot the Fox?" by Finch Mason, "Christmas at the Bear" by Nathaniel Gubbins, "Wild-Fowl and Sea-Fowl" by L. Clement, "Winning the Pony" by Fox Russell, "The Professor's Eye-Glass" by R. Pardepp, "With the Salmon on Loch Tray" by "Sandy," "Meltoniana" by "Tom Markland," "On Colours in Horses" by Ames Savile, "Imprisoned in a Geyser" by Wilf Pocklington, "Wild Bosnia" by "Snaffle," "Amateur Umpires" by R. Mordaunt, "A Prophet in His Own County" by "Fusbos," "Our Ursine Adventures" by "Rellim," "The Everley Turk" by "H. H.," "A Meltonian Retrospect" by "Pigskin," "Outridden" by Russell, "A Fox-Shooting Party" by Seth Halliday, "Hoodwinking the Handicapper" by Mason, "There's Many a Slip" by S. Clement Southam, "Hoist with His Own Petard" by Guy Gravenhill, "The Mark of the Heriot's Hoof" by Meadow Brown, "Working the Courses" by Russell, "A Ride on a Tidal Wave" by Pocklington, "Polo Bewitched" by Bradley, "A Great Fight" by "Chameleon," "A Bad Five Minutes" by Frank Aubrey, "Won at Last" by Mason, "The Badgers of Badgworthy" by "Peep Out" and "Snowstorm," "The Three Queens" by "Markland," "A Cingalese Romance" by "Rellim," "The Skipper's Cup" by "Rockwood," "A Strange Kettle of Fish" by Clifford Cordley, "Californiana" by "Kirly Hare," "The Fascination of Birds" by Major-General R. Bracken, "Fatty" by Mason, "Meltoniana" by "Markland," "Sensational Cricket in 1898" by Somerville Gibney, "The Grouse Lodge Sweepstakes" by "Rockwood," "A Desperate Encounter" by "Willow," "Capercailzie Shooting in Germany and Austria" by Clement, "Peccaries in Mexico" by Pocklington, "Lost in the Arctic Regions" by J. Russell Jeffreson, and "Notes on Novelties.".

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Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches: No. 1 April 1884. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 238 pages. No dustjacket. TATTY/SHABBY at least 1 plate is MISSING most are present. Red pictorial hardback binding much rubbed, 2cm losses to spine-ends, 1cm hole to spine, wear to boards' corners some blanching, hinges strained, nevertheless an interesting old volumne.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 p.; 23 cm. Subjects: Sports ; Periodicals; Sports; Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 p.; 23 cm. Subjects: Sports ; Periodicals; Sports; Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches | No. 1 April 1884 | Messrs. Fores London | Taschenbuch | 372 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337092436 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 29 volumes : plates ; 24 cm. Subject: Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. XI (only): 304 pages. Subjects; Sporting Notes. Sporting Sketches. Sporting Magazines. British Sport. Indian Sport. Colonial Sport. 3 Kg.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth over beveled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 pages, plates, illustrations. Subjects: Sports; Periodicals. Sports Great Britain; Periodicals. 19th century periodicals. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 29 volumes : plates ; 24 cm. Subject: Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. XI (only): 304 pages. Subjects; Sporting Notes. Sporting Sketches. Sporting Magazines. British Sport. Indian Sport. Colonial Sport. 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth over beveled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 pages, plates, illustrations. Subjects: Sports; Periodicals. Sports Great Britain; Periodicals. 19th century periodicals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-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; vol. I (only): 238 pages. Subjects; Sporting Notes. Sporting Sketches. Sporting Magazines. British Sport. Foreign Sport. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-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; vol. I (only): 238 pages. Subjects; Sporting Notes. Sporting Sketches. Sporting Magazines. British Sport. Foreign Sport. 1 Kg.

FIRST EDITION. Original hand coloured aquatint in the form of a continuous strip with overall measurement of 10.5 cm x 612 cm. loosely folding into original green moiré boards with clasp, titled on upper cover in gilt "The Marriage Procession of V & A" with additional gilt decoration. Advertisement for Fores Coronation Panorama to front paste-down rather than the title to this as described in Abbey, advertisement for other Fores publications to rear. Housed in a modern dark green morocco slipcase. From Buckingham palace on the left to The Attestation on the right with the French title printed vertically at the very end. Light wear to spine of folder, generally a very good clean example. Abbey Life, 546.

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Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 372.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches - No. 1 April 1884 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hans Elektronisches Buch is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans Elektronisches Buch newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future. 372 pp. Englisch.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 372.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 372.