Sporting Rhymes and Pictures

Booth, J.L.C.

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench Trübner and Co. First English edition., London, 1898

About this Item

John Lionel Calvert Booth - war correspondent with Punch, author of Trouble in the Balkans (1908), illustrator of R.C. Lehmann's Sportsmen and Others (1912), one of the 'Gallant Thirty' at Robert Baden-Powell's first official Scout camp in 1908, emigrated to Australia, died of wounds after Gallipoli. Inscribed by the author, 'Drored for old pal Bertie [Fry, added in another hand] by Lionel Booth. Xmas 98' and decorated with seven original pen-and-ink vignettes by him. Cloth-backed boards. Spine worn, corners worn, upper cover slightly creased, lower cover ring-marked with one corner rather crumpled, inner hinge cracked, tape repair to edge of half-title. Just good.

Seller Inventory # 46817

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sporting Rhymes and Pictures
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench Trübner and Co. First English edition., London
• Publication Date: 1898
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Good
• Signed: inscribed by author
• Book Type: book