[SPORTING]. -- SELBY, Prideaux John. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edinburgh: Neill and Co. for W. H. Lizars, 1833. 2 volumes, 8o. Contemporary quarter green morocco, marbled boards, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of BLUE JAYS AND DUCKS. Text volumes only (lacking 2 plate volumes). Provenance: Duckworth (bookplate). -- STRUTT, Joesph (1749-1802). Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and pastimes of the People of England. London: T. Bensley for White and Co. and others, 1810. 4o. Engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates printed in sepia (light spotting). Contemporary marbled calf gilt, edges gilt with a fore-edge painting of A FOX HUNTING SCENE; modern slipcase (rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: J. Holworthy (early ownership inscription in ink); William Mundy (bookplate); Sue Shorter (bookplate). --  HERBERT, Henry William. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinc
[SPORTING]. -- SELBY, Prideaux John. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edinburgh: Neill and Co. for W. H. Lizars, 1833. 2 volumes, 8o. Contemporary quarter green morocco, marbled boards, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of BLUE JAYS AND DUCKS. Text volumes only (lacking 2 plate volumes). Provenance: Duckworth (bookplate). -- STRUTT, Joesph (1749-1802). Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and pastimes of the People of England. London: T. Bensley for White and Co. and others, 1810. 4o. Engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates printed in sepia (light spotting). Contemporary marbled calf gilt, edges gilt with a fore-edge painting of A FOX HUNTING SCENE; modern slipcase (rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: J. Holworthy (early ownership inscription in ink); William Mundy (bookplate); Sue Shorter (bookplate). -- HERBERT, Henry William. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America. London: Bradbury and Evans for Richard Bentley, 1849. 8o. Numerous engraved plates and illustrations. Contemporary green morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of TROUT FISHING ON CHATEAUGAY LAKE. Provenance: Francis Gilbert Dyke Acland (presentation inscription in ink from George E. M'Monekton, dated 1861). (4)

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[SPORTING]. -- SELBY, Prideaux John. Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edinburgh: Neill and Co. for W. H. Lizars, 1833. 2 volumes, 8o. Contemporary quarter green morocco, marbled boards, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of BLUE JAYS AND DUCKS. Text volumes only (lacking 2 plate volumes). Provenance: Duckworth (bookplate). -- STRUTT, Joesph (1749-1802). Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and pastimes of the People of England. London: T. Bensley for White and Co. and others, 1810. 4o. Engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates printed in sepia (light spotting). Contemporary marbled calf gilt, edges gilt with a fore-edge painting of A FOX HUNTING SCENE; modern slipcase (rebacked, old spine laid down). Provenance: J. Holworthy (early ownership inscription in ink); William Mundy (bookplate); Sue Shorter (bookplate). -- HERBERT, Henry William. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America. London: Bradbury and Evans for Richard Bentley, 1849. 8o. Numerous engraved plates and illustrations. Contemporary green morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of TROUT FISHING ON CHATEAUGAY LAKE. Provenance: Francis Gilbert Dyke Acland (presentation inscription in ink from George E. M'Monekton, dated 1861). (4)

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