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THORNTON, Thomas. A Sporting Tour through various parts of France, in the year 1802, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. 2 volumes in one, 4°, engraved portrait frontispiece and titles with engraved vignettes, 53 engraved plates of which 11 folding, 2 plates of music (?missing last leaf, one or two plates reduced, occasional spotting and browning), contemporary embossed foliate-entwined cloth, spine with calf label (rubbed), bookplate of Iain Ramsay of Kildalton. FIRST EDITION.
THORNTON, Thomas. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England, and a great part of Scotland, London: for Vernor and Hood, 1804. 4°, half title, engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), later half calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (rubbed with losses), bookplate as above. FIRST EDITION.
LAWRENCE, Richard. The Complete Farrier, and British Sportsman, London: for W. Lewis, 1816. 4°, engraved frontispiece and 12 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), later red half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered in 1 compartment (lightly rubbed), t.e.g. FIRST EDITION.
With 10 other works in 15 volumes, including, William Barker Daniel's Rural Sports (London, 1812-13, 4 volumes), The Encyclopaedia of Sport (London, 1897, 2 volumes), W. Bromley-Davenport's Sport (London, 1885), Augustus Grimble's Highland Sport (London, 1894), Mrs. Alan Gardner's Rifle and Spear with the Rajpoots (London, 1895), and Alfred M. Mayer's Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters (Edinburgh, 1884, 2 volumes). (18)
THORNTON, Thomas. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England, and a great part of Scotland, London: for Vernor and Hood, 1804. 4°, half title, engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), later half calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (rubbed with losses), bookplate as above. FIRST EDITION.
LAWRENCE, Richard. The Complete Farrier, and British Sportsman, London: for W. Lewis, 1816. 4°, engraved frontispiece and 12 engraved plates (occasional light spotting), later red half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered in 1 compartment (lightly rubbed), t.e.g. FIRST EDITION.
With 10 other works in 15 volumes, including, William Barker Daniel's Rural Sports (London, 1812-13, 4 volumes), The Encyclopaedia of Sport (London, 1897, 2 volumes), W. Bromley-Davenport's Sport (London, 1885), Augustus Grimble's Highland Sport (London, 1894), Mrs. Alan Gardner's Rifle and Spear with the Rajpoots (London, 1895), and Alfred M. Mayer's Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters (Edinburgh, 1884, 2 volumes). (18)
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