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HARRIS, William Cornwallis (1807-48). The Wild Sports of Southern Africa ... Third Edition. London: William Pickering, 1841. Large 8° (246 x 170mm). Hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, title vignette and 24 plates, folding map with route marked in red (frontispiece and title lightly spotted, a few spots, some light staining). Contemporary tan polished calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with black morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Daniel Cooper (armorial bookplate).
COOK, Theodore Andrea (1867-1928). A History of the English Turf. London: H. Virtue, 1901-[04]. 3 volumes bound in 6, 4° (307 x 250mm). Titles printed in red and black, photogravure and half tone plates and illustrations (some light spotting). Original green decorated cloth gilt, gilt edges (lower cover of one vol. dampstained).
With 19 other volumes on sport and sporting artists, including monographs on Henry Alken, James Pollard and George Stubbs & Ben Marshall. (26)
COOK, Theodore Andrea (1867-1928). A History of the English Turf. London: H. Virtue, 1901-[04]. 3 volumes bound in 6, 4° (307 x 250mm). Titles printed in red and black, photogravure and half tone plates and illustrations (some light spotting). Original green decorated cloth gilt, gilt edges (lower cover of one vol. dampstained).
With 19 other volumes on sport and sporting artists, including monographs on Henry Alken, James Pollard and George Stubbs & Ben Marshall. (26)
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