The Book of Sports, British and Foreign: Devoted to the Pictorial Illustration of the Pursuits of the Sportsman in Every Quarter of the Globe

Published by Walter Spiers, London, 1843

About this Item

2 Volumes in one. 4to,(iv) + pp93 + pp92 with 100 steel engraved plates from various artists including Edwin Landseer, Henry Alken, J.W. Snow, John Frederick Herring, William Barraud, Newton Fielding, George Henry Laporte, G.F. Robson, et al. Rebacked red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board in very good condition with some rubbing to board edges, bumping to tips and a few marks to original board. Inside previous owners name to front paste down, some old water damage to bottom of pages mostly affecting the plates and a little foxing, otherwise very good. A nice copy of a scarce 1st Edition tightly bound. This is a heavy book and may cost more postage overseas.

Seller Inventory # 001332

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Sports, British and Foreign: Devoted to the Pictorial Illustration of the Pursuits of the Sportsman in Every Quarter of the Globe
• Publisher: Walter Spiers, London
• Publication Date: 1843
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: E. Landseer et al
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports and Pastimes / hunting