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LONSDALE LIBRARY -- Eric PARKER and others. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes. London: Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd., 1929-[1940].
28 volumes, 8° (vols.I-III, VII and X: 250 x 165mm; the remaining vols.: 220 x 143mm). Numerous plates (those in vols. I-III, VII and X mounted [including 2 coloured frontispieces signed by Lionel Edwards and 1 signed etched frontispiece signed by Winifred Austen], vols.II and X with mounted examples of artificial fishing flies on single card mounts at the end of each volume), illustrations. Original dark blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt.
A FINE SET: VERY RARE IN THE PUBLISHER'S FULL MOROCCO BINDINGS, A NUMBER OF VOLUMES UNOPENED. Vols. I-III, VII and X are in the 'limited edition de luxe' of 375 copies (numbered 1, 1, 1, 2 and 1 respectively), the remaining volumes are from the smaller ordinary edition but here bound 'in the same de luxe style' as the limited editions. The limited editions are Horsemanship; Trout Fishing; Shooting; Fox-Hunting; Salmon Fishing. (28)
28 volumes, 8° (vols.I-III, VII and X: 250 x 165mm; the remaining vols.: 220 x 143mm). Numerous plates (those in vols. I-III, VII and X mounted [including 2 coloured frontispieces signed by Lionel Edwards and 1 signed etched frontispiece signed by Winifred Austen], vols.II and X with mounted examples of artificial fishing flies on single card mounts at the end of each volume), illustrations. Original dark blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt.
A FINE SET: VERY RARE IN THE PUBLISHER'S FULL MOROCCO BINDINGS, A NUMBER OF VOLUMES UNOPENED. Vols. I-III, VII and X are in the 'limited edition de luxe' of 375 copies (numbered 1, 1, 1, 2 and 1 respectively), the remaining volumes are from the smaller ordinary edition but here bound 'in the same de luxe style' as the limited editions. The limited editions are Horsemanship; Trout Fishing; Shooting; Fox-Hunting; Salmon Fishing. (28)
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