Title: Ten classic volumes on sporting Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: 10 volumes. A nice collection of classic works by some of the most respected authors in the field, covering various aspects of the sporting life. Includes; Blaine, Delabere P. An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports or A Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day. Illustrated. (8vo) bound in period diced calf with gilt design and spine. Rear cover detached. London: Longman. Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840. First Edition. Forester, Frank. The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen: with Directions for Handling the Gun, the Rifle, and the Rod;.Prepared for the Instruction and Use of the Youth of America. Illustrated. (8vo) decorative blue cloth with gilt design and spine, all edges gilt.. New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1856. First Edition. Hallock, Charles. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide. Illustrated with folding map and map in pocket at rear. (8vo) decorative blue cloth. Maps intact with some small tears. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 1877. Idle, Christopher. Hints on Shooting and Fishing. (12mo) green cloth, gilt spine. Hinges cracked, volume shaken. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Park, Horace. The Sportsman's Hand Book. Illustrated. (16mo) textured cloth with gilt design. Scarce. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1886. Putnam-Smith, George. The Law of Field-Sports: A Summary of the Rules of Law Affecting American Sportsman. (12mo) green cloth with gilt spine. New York: O. Judd Co., 1886. First Edition. Revoil, Benedict H. Shooting and Fishing in the Rivers, Prairies, and Backwoods of North America. Vol. 1 (of 2). (8vo) green cloth, gilt spine. London: Tinsley Brothers,1865. First Edition. Rowan, John J. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. (8vo) decorative green cloth, gilt spine. Volume shaken, front cover and preliminary pages nearly detached; about good. London: Edward Stanford,1876. First Edition. Samuels, Edward A. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces.WIth Valuable Supplementary Chapters. Illustrated. (4to) decorative maroon cloth with gilt design and spine. Boston: Samuels & Kimball, 1897. Stonehenge. British Rural Sports: Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, and the Various Rural Games and Amusements of Great Britain. Illustrated. (8vo) half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. Lot Amendments Condition: General wear and rubbing to bindings; some cracked hinges, toning to pages, scattered light foxing, occasional book plate or owner's signature, etc.; all volumes good or better, most very good. Item number: 275458
Title: Ten classic volumes on sporting Author: Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: 10 volumes. A nice collection of classic works by some of the most respected authors in the field, covering various aspects of the sporting life. Includes; Blaine, Delabere P. An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports or A Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day. Illustrated. (8vo) bound in period diced calf with gilt design and spine. Rear cover detached. London: Longman. Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840. First Edition. Forester, Frank. The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen: with Directions for Handling the Gun, the Rifle, and the Rod;.Prepared for the Instruction and Use of the Youth of America. Illustrated. (8vo) decorative blue cloth with gilt design and spine, all edges gilt.. New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1856. First Edition. Hallock, Charles. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide. Illustrated with folding map and map in pocket at rear. (8vo) decorative blue cloth. Maps intact with some small tears. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 1877. Idle, Christopher. Hints on Shooting and Fishing. (12mo) green cloth, gilt spine. Hinges cracked, volume shaken. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Park, Horace. The Sportsman's Hand Book. Illustrated. (16mo) textured cloth with gilt design. Scarce. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1886. Putnam-Smith, George. The Law of Field-Sports: A Summary of the Rules of Law Affecting American Sportsman. (12mo) green cloth with gilt spine. New York: O. Judd Co., 1886. First Edition. Revoil, Benedict H. Shooting and Fishing in the Rivers, Prairies, and Backwoods of North America. Vol. 1 (of 2). (8vo) green cloth, gilt spine. London: Tinsley Brothers,1865. First Edition. Rowan, John J. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. (8vo) decorative green cloth, gilt spine. Volume shaken, front cover and preliminary pages nearly detached; about good. London: Edward Stanford,1876. First Edition. Samuels, Edward A. With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces.WIth Valuable Supplementary Chapters. Illustrated. (4to) decorative maroon cloth with gilt design and spine. Boston: Samuels & Kimball, 1897. Stonehenge. British Rural Sports: Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, and the Various Rural Games and Amusements of Great Britain. Illustrated. (8vo) half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. Lot Amendments Condition: General wear and rubbing to bindings; some cracked hinges, toning to pages, scattered light foxing, occasional book plate or owner's signature, etc.; all volumes good or better, most very good. Item number: 275458
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