Sporting Mirror: First Edition (9 results)
Published by Harry Etherington, London 1883
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerPictorial wrappers. First Edition. Original wrappers. Includes articles on the Marquis of Drogheda, Captain Machell, Robert H. Labat, Frederick Wood, Football Facts and Frolics, Horse Show at New York, and more. Toning, heavy chipping to spine. A good+ copy. ; Octavo.
Published by Harry Etherington, London 1883
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerPictorial wrappers. First Edition. Original wrappers. Includes articles on F. S. Gulston, C. E. Liles, J. D. Saddler, Football at the Fall of the Leaf, Calf vs. Horse, An Explosive Experience in the Netherlands and more. Toning, heavy chipping to spine, chip to back cover. A very good- copy. ; Octavo.
Published by Harry Etherington, London 1883
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerPictorial wrappers. First Edition. Original wrappers. Includes articles on Lord Falmouth, Herbert W. Gaskell, William Snook, The Pleasures of Fishing, Masters of Hounds, Experiences at a Boar Hunt, Horses and Horse Racing of the Past and more. Toning, heavy chipping. A good- copy. ; Octavo.
Published by Harry Etherington, London 1885
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerPictorial wrappers. First Edition. Original wrappers. Includes articles on the Marquis of Ails, Charles O'Malley, James Alfred Squires, Frederick Barrett, Some Cricket Thoughts, Some Sport in South Africa, Sporting in Wisconsin and more. Toning and light chipping to the edges. A very good copy. ; Octavo.
More imagesPublished by Tegg J. London 1832
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, U.S.A.Antique Emporium
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 115.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to volume in marbled boards rebuilt spine. Ex reference library. Bookplate couple stamps and a perfed title. Contents very good with 24 parts in 414 pages. All kinds of sports.
More imagesPublished by Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg 1832
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, U.S.A.CraigsClassics
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US$ 275.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. "Pierce Egan's BOOK OF SPORTS and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage; Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, etc." 1832 1st edition; Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg; London. Volume I containing 25 issues in all, Numbers I…through XXV. Each issue has an illustration on the first page. There is an Index to the volume at the back. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled covers, marbled end papers, and three raised band and gilt lettering/accents on the spine. Egan was a 19th century journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. Here are a few examples of the contents: Antiquity of Wrestling; Archery; Whist; Animal Kindness; Account of a Mermaid; Adventures of a Pet Pig; Boxing; How to Catch, Cook and Eat a Lion; Steeple Chase; Cricket; Hawking; Battle of Brains; Description of Bees; Baboons Hunted with Dogs; Cribbage; Cock Fighting; Dr. Franklin's Advice to a Young Sportsman; Donkey Races; Death of a Pugilist; Elephant Fights; Fencing; Fox Hunting; Regattas; Bear Hunting; Pigeon Shooting; Fishing; Horse Racing; Shark Fight; Shooting Deer; Wolf Hunting.and much more. Condition: Tanning at the cover corners and along the inner edges by the spine. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn, as are the cover corners. Shelf wear along the edges of the boards. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Page 159 has a small hole through the text at the top-right corner. The text pages are in nice condition - mostly clean with only an occasional small, light foxing spot, and some very light staining/foxing(?) to the outer edge of pages 60-76. Heavier foxing to the title page (both sides), and the blank end papers. Old name written in pen on front end paper. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.
More imagesPublished by T. T. and J. Tegg, Glasgow 1832
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 262.56
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good Only. First edition. Twenty Five issues of Pierce Egan's Book of Sports bound into one volume. Scarce in its original illustrated hardback boards Comprised of issues 1 to 25 of Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life, with twenty five illustrations. Egan provides an entertaining compendium of sp…orts lore, with articles on horse racing, boxing, cricket, and fencing. Pierce Egan was a British journalist and sports writer, who also wrote about popular culture. His 1821 book, Life in London, was adapted into a stage play and became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances at the Adelphi Theatre. This volume is uncommon, but particularly in its original illustrated hardback boards. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume was previously owned by Purnell Bransby Purnell, who was MP for Gloucester in the early nineteenth century. In the publisher's original binding. Externally, worn. Lightly rubbed to the boards with some wear to the extremities. The spine is missing, and the boards are held together by cords only and may detach with further handling. Internally, the binding is rather loose. Pages are lightly age toned but generally clean. Good Only. Various (illustrator). book.
Published by T.T. and J. Tegg, London 1832
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st Edition. First edition. 25 parts bound up with index. Illustrated with woodcut vignettes. 414 pp., with Index. 1 vols. 8vo. Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 127 Full contemporary dark polished calf, gilt spine, marbled edges Illustrated with woodcut vignettes. 414 pp., with Index. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. 25 parts… bound up with index.
More imagesPublished by T.T. and J. Tegg, London 1832
- First Edition
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st Edition. First edition. Printed by J. Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury. Illustrated with woodcut vignettes. 414pp., with Index. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full diapered russia, spine tooled in blind and in gilt. Ownership signatures of W. Selby Lowndes, Whaddon Hall. Fine copy Illustrated with woodcut vignettes. 414pp., with I…ndex. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Printed by J. Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury.
