Thormanby Pseud (6 results)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. 21cm, first edition, xii,688pp., in 2 volumes, with 32 plates including frontis, index, original maroon red cloth, gilt spine and cover titles, t.e.g., a very good set (sp). ~ Biographies of notable British anglers and hunters many with portraits. Includes Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir Humphrey Davy, Sir Richard Sutton, Alexander Russel, and many more.

1st edition. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Professionally re-cased with a new, matching spine; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request. Physical description; 2 v. plates ; 23 cm. Notes; Thormanby is the pseudonym of Willmott Willmott-Dixon (NLS).Subjects; Hunters - Great Britain - Biography.Hunting - Great Britain.Fishing - Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Blind-tooled titles and vignette on front panel. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Creasing evident on spine cover. Minor surface wear on front cover. Previous owner's labels and signature to front endpapers. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages; Physical description: viii, 378 p. : plates, frontis., ports. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Horse racing -- Horsemen and horsewomen -- Jockeys and trainers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- History -- 19th century. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Professionally re-cased with a new, matching spine; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request. Physical description; 2 v. plates ; 23 cm. Notes; Thormanby is the pseudonym of Willmott Willmott-Dixon (NLS).Subjects; Hunters - Great Britain - Biography.Hunting - Great Britain.Fishing - Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Third Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Blind-tooled titles and vignette on front panel. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Creasing evident on spine cover. Minor surface wear on front cover. Previous owner's labels and signature to front endpapers. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages; Physical description: viii, 378 p. : plates, frontis., ports. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Horse racing -- Horsemen and horsewomen -- Jockeys and trainers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- History -- 19th century. 1 Kg.

First edition. Bound with "Tales of the Turf"- this with two plates by Randolph Caldecott. 8vo (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches), pages: 128:127. Finely bound contemporary three quarter green crushed morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt with racing motifs in 5 compartments and gilt lettered direct. The binding by Riviere. Half-title retained by the binder. With the small bookseller's ticket of Myers & Co. New Bond Street. With the Armorial bookplate of Walter Blake, circular leather gilt on front and rear pastedowns.An exceptional copy. Extra illustrated by the addition of 45 extra plates, comprising Hand-coloured plate of a boxing scene as a frontispiece, this identified on the reverse as "Interior of Jackson's Rooms, Bond St"; portraits, horse portraits, scenes, etc. etc. some in colour.