The National Sports of Great Britain by Alken, Henry - 1903

Methuen & Co.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (sports, great britain) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

D. Appleton. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. 3/4 leather- some rubbing on leather- blemish on front leather- decorative endpapers- illus. ; 1/2 tear to 2 front endpapers ; With color plates

Hardback. New.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. New edition. Orig. red cloth. Unpaged, xiii, [160] pp. Fifty colour engravings with descriptions. Spine cocked and sunned, some light wear to spine label. Damp staining to boards, bumping to corners.

London: Methuen & Co.. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. Clean red buckram cloth with gilt decorated spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Light to moderate foxing. New edition illustrated with 50 color plates. X -lib with Book plate. Pocket removed from inside of rear cover. Sports, Great Britain, Horse Racing, Fox Hunting, Shooting, Hunting , Fishing ; Ex-Libris; Color Plates; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages .

London: Methuen & Co, 1903. A new edition. The illustrated pocket library of plain and coloured books. Has been rebacked with original spine cloth relaid, new spine title label, original boards, new endpapers. Appears to be one plate missing, 49 plates present. One plate is detached and another has a 3 inch tear. Otherwise text and plates clean and bright.. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo.

LONDON: METHUEN & CO LTD. GOOD+. PUB 1903. HARDCOVER. 50 FULL PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS / THE ILLUSTRATED POCKET LIBRARY OF PLAIN AND COLOURED BOOKS . THIS EDITION IS BASED ON THE 1925 THOMAS M'LEAN EDITION AND IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM "THE NATIONAL SPORTS IN FOLIO" EDITION PUBLISHED BY M'LEAN IN 1823. RED CLOTH BOARDS WITH PAPER TITLE LABEL ON THE SPINE. BOOK HAS SUFFERED SOME DAMPING AT THE SPINE HEEL THAT HAS WICKED UPWARD AND MINIMUMLY AFFECTS THE INTERIOR EDGES OF THE TEXT ABOUT 1/3 THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE, DAMP ALSO TO EXTERIOR CLOTH AT THE HEEL OF SPINE AND MODEST EXTENSION TO ADJACENT AREA, PAPER SPINE LABEL TANNED WITH BACK-UP LABEL TIPPED IN AT REAR OF TEXT, FRONT SPINE EDGE CORNERS MODERATELY WORN, AND CORNERS MODESTLY RUBBED/WORN. PICTORIAL AREA OF PLATES NOT AFFECTED BY STAINING. THE BOOK IS QUITE NICE DESPITE THE FLAWS AND SCARCE. .

D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Book. Illus. by Alken, Henry. Very Good+. Hardcover. In red cloth with paper label on spine with light chipping to top of label.. Light foxing to page edges. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Fifty engravings with descriptions..