Sporting Repository: First Edition (8 results)

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original green gilt-blocked cloth, slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Provenance: bookplate of F. C. Dundas. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. Notes; Reprint of the monthly periodical published in 1822, containing horse-racing, hunting, shooting, archery, and other sporting subjects. Subjects; Sports Great Britain Periodicals. Hunting Great Britain Periodicals. Horse racing Great Britain Periodicals. Shooting Great Britain Periodicals. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original green gilt-blocked cloth, slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Provenance: bookplate of F. C. Dundas. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. Notes; Reprint of the monthly periodical published in 1822, containing horse-racing, hunting, shooting, archery, and other sporting subjects. Subjects; Sports Great Britain Periodicals. Hunting Great Britain Periodicals. Horse racing Great Britain Periodicals. Shooting Great Britain Periodicals. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: 4to. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's book-plate laid in on inside front cover. Top edge gilt, faded. This edition limited to 500 copies. Green gilt stamped cloth over boards, gilt illustration of horse and rider on front cover, color frontispiece illustration, xi, 478 pages; in addition to the frontispiece, there are twenty-one full-page color illustrations with tissues. Corners and spine ends bumped with wear especially at head of spine, worn along sides of spine, bottom edge of text block soiled, covers scuffed/soiled, front hinge cracked, tissues are toned, interior pages lightly toned. Gilt stamped illustration on front cover in very good condition as are all of the color illustrations. Begins with Vol. I, No. 1, January 15, 1822 and runs through the Vol. I, No. VI, June 15, 1822 issue. "The Sporting Repository ran its course is a magazine in the year 1822, and has long commanded a high price in its complete form on account of the excellence of many of the plates by H. Alken." The Publishers' Note goes on to say that some of the original plates were replaced with what they considered better plates by Alken and others. Illustrator: Alken, H.; Barenger, J. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5 lbs 3 oz. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Books; Fishing & Hunting. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 008443. This is a heavy book and may involve extra shipping charges. Alken, H.; Barenger, J. (illustrator).…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. This edition is limited to 500 copies. Physical description; x,478p. : ill. ; 27cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain History. 2 Kg. …

2 vols, 8vo, pp. I: [4], [vii]-xii, 526, II: [2], 506, with frontispiece to each volume and 4 copper-engraved plates; foxed in places, otherwise a very good set; later 19th-century half-calf with marbled sides, spines gilt in compartments with gilt red morocco lettering-pieces and gilt green morocco volume numbers, coloured endpapers; rubbed with minor chipping to board-edges, spines darkened, hinges repaired; bookplates of Mary Holbrook Wilson, dated 1946.First edition of Taplin's Sporting Dictionary, with entries relating to farriery as well as riding, breaking and training, and hunting and racing. An early publication in this genre: such sporting works would develop with great success over the following century. Not in Dingley; not in Mellon.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. This edition is limited to 500 copies. Physical description; x,478p. : ill. ; 27cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain History. 2 Kg. …

First Edition. "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" (Schwerdt) ALKEN, Henry [and] BARENGER, James, illustrators. The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism [and] Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects, interspersed with essays, tales, and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. London: Printed by W. Lewis. for Thomas McLean, 15 January-15 June 1822. First and only edition. Octavo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 233 x 146 mm.). viii, [1]-80; [81]-176; [177]-268; [269]-356; [357]-448; [449]-540 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and eighteen hand-colored aquatint plates after H. Alken and J. Barenger engraved by G. and T. Hunt. All plates with tissue guards. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920. Full red morocco, covers decoratively ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt board edges & turn-ins, dark green silk liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. A spectacular example, the hand-colored plates bright and fresh. Loosely inserted at end are the original front and rear wrappers for part II "15th of February, 1822". This publication stands out for its vivid illustrations, some of the finest sporting aquatints of the period, and for its documentation of early 19th-century British sporting culture. Though it was planned as a continuing series, only six monthly parts were published, making complete sets rare. Published in six monthly parts from January to June this is the "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine." (Schwerdt). The Sporting Repository contains anecdotes and illustrations on many sporting subjects including 'Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism and Pugilism'. This 'rare and valuable magazine' is an unashamed celebration of popular sports and a mine of interesting information. Mellon/Podeschi A13. Schwerdt II, p. 212. Tooley 467.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Bound in full straight-grain green morocco, stamped in blind, with raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, all edges marbled. With 19 beautiful hand-colored aquatint plates. Binding lightly scuffed, rubbed at extremities, with a 2-inch split at the top of the outer front joint, though binding remains strong. Previous owner inscription to first blank, sporadic foxing to tissue guards, and one tissue guard is lacking a corner. Contains all six numbers of [all published] of this rare sporting magazine.…