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The National Sports of Great Britain
by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Haymarket: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry. With Fifty Hand Coloured Sporting Plates The Rare Large Paper issue of the Royal Octavo edition in full red morocco (by W Matthews), gilt edge tooling corners rubbed. Re-backed, original spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [3], (iv-vi), [1] pl list, [1], followed by 50 pls each with a leaf of descriptive text, plates are all hand coloured and dated 1824 & watermarked J Whatman 1823, text leaves watermarked 1822, t.e.g., some light offsetting & spotting, binders stamp to fpd. An excellent example of this, the first edition with these illustrations - the plates are different to the folio edition. (360*247 mm). (Mellon/Podeschi 121; Schwerdt I:19; Tooley 43). Although this has the same title as a work published by Alken in 1821, the illustrations are different and represent "a collection of new and original drawings and descriptions" (preface).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007953
- Title
- The National Sports of Great Britain
- Author
- ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
- Illustrator
- ALKEN Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas M'Lean
- Place of Publication
- London: Haymarket
- Date Published
- 1825
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 5.29 lbs
- Keywords
- Coloured illustrations sports horse racing hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Comedy Humour Caricatures; Sport Recreation Hunting;
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