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HENRY ALKEN
The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Methuen, 1903. 2°, coloured lithographic additional title and 50 coloured plates after Henry Alken, text in English and French (one plate with marginal tear touching plate mark, some light marginal spotting and occasional thumb-soiling), original cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine frayed and faded, corners worn). A reprint of the first edition of 1823. Tooley 42; and a facsimile of the 1807 edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports Illustrated, [1955], with coloured lithographs after Samuel Howitt. (2)
The National Sports of Great Britain. London: Methuen, 1903. 2°, coloured lithographic additional title and 50 coloured plates after Henry Alken, text in English and French (one plate with marginal tear touching plate mark, some light marginal spotting and occasional thumb-soiling), original cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine frayed and faded, corners worn). A reprint of the first edition of 1823. Tooley 42; and a facsimile of the 1807 edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports Illustrated, [1955], with coloured lithographs after Samuel Howitt. (2)
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