Lot 7
7
Dodd (James William): Ballads of Archery, 8vo, 1818 [Lake and Wright p.97 variant 1; Parker p.29], wood-engraved vignettes by Sir Edmund Lechmere (occasional light soiling and creasing), original green cloth, gilt (head of spine worn), bookplates of Sir Charles J.J. Hamilton and William James Kinsman.

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Dodd (James William): Ballads of Archery, 8vo, 1818 [Lake and Wright p.97 variant 1; Parker p.29], wood-engraved vignettes by Sir Edmund Lechmere (occasional light soiling and creasing), original green cloth, gilt (head of spine worn), bookplates of Sir Charles J.J. Hamilton and William James Kinsman.

Lot Essay

'The Revd Dodd was a member of the Royal Kentish Bowmen (1788-1802) who had a lodge on Dartford Heath, Kent, where songs were sung as part of the entertainment after shooting' [Lake and Wright].

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