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SPORTING -- CARELESS, John, pseud. The Old English Squire...A Poem. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1821. 8° (256 x 158mm). 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half-title. (Plates lightly offset onto facing text, a few marks.) Polished calf gilt in the style of Rivière, labels on spine, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION. Abbey Life, 387; Schwerdt I, p.95; Tooley 128.
Sporting Anecdotes ... A Correct Description of the Animals of the Chase...by an Amateur Sportsman. [London]: Albion Press, 1804. 8° (220 x 131mm). 16 engraved plates, the last signed by Scott, woodcut tailpiece by Bewick, with the final advertisement leaf. (Occasional very light spotting and discolouration.) Red morocco gilt by Morrell, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p.173.
[WHITE, James N.]. Sporting Scenes and Country Characters. By Martingale. London: Longman [and others], 1840. 8° (203 x 136mm). Woodcut illustrations in the text, half-title. Red morocco gilt, decorated with sporting emblems, by Zaehnsdorf, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt. Provenance: PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION by Edward VII to Colonel Sir Henry Knollys 'To Henry Knollys from Edward R Xmas. 1904'. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p.294; and 5 others similar including: John Walter's Hints to Young Sportsmen (London, 1871) and Finch Mason's Sporting Recollections (London, 1885). (8)
Sporting Anecdotes ... A Correct Description of the Animals of the Chase...by an Amateur Sportsman. [London]: Albion Press, 1804. 8° (220 x 131mm). 16 engraved plates, the last signed by Scott, woodcut tailpiece by Bewick, with the final advertisement leaf. (Occasional very light spotting and discolouration.) Red morocco gilt by Morrell, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p.173.
[WHITE, James N.]. Sporting Scenes and Country Characters. By Martingale. London: Longman [and others], 1840. 8° (203 x 136mm). Woodcut illustrations in the text, half-title. Red morocco gilt, decorated with sporting emblems, by Zaehnsdorf, gilt turn-ins, top edges gilt. Provenance: PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION by Edward VII to Colonel Sir Henry Knollys 'To Henry Knollys from Edward R Xmas. 1904'. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p.294; and 5 others similar including: John Walter's Hints to Young Sportsmen (London, 1871) and Finch Mason's Sporting Recollections (London, 1885). (8)
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