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ALKEN, Henry -- Game book with fine engraved borders by Alken. London: J. Mitchell, 1837. Oblong 2° (255 x 345mm). Hand-coloured engraved title, and engraved border repeated on c.100 double-pages, about half filled in with contemporary manuscript entries. (Some imprints trimmed by the binder, some light offsetting and staining.) Contemporary full green morocco, sides and spine with gilt tools of hunters, hounds, and game birds, the upper side centred with the cipher and crest of Frederick Hervey-Bathurst, engraved brass catch and clasp, gilt edges, lavender moiré-style endpapers (front free endpaper and first gathering detached, joints and corners rubbed, some spotting on the endpapers). Provenance: Sir Frederick, 3rd Baronet Hervey-Bathurst (1807-1881; binding).
THE GAME BOOK, HANDSOMELY BOUND, OF CRICKETER FREDERICK HERVEY-BATHURST, WITH SPLENDID BORDERS BY ALKEN, recording the kill at Clarendon Park for 27 seasons, 1838 to 1865. Visitors are noted, including, fellow cricketer Thomas Chamberlayne, and Lord Frederick Gordon, with various observations: 'the snow so deep we could not shoot', 'poor little Nelly was shot', 'Stanley shot most infamously', 'Villiers could not get near a bird', etc., and unusual catch, including otter, hawk, and a 10.5lb hare; 1846 was a particularly violent year for rabbits, with 2838 shot. Sir Frederick played for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club.
THE GAME BOOK, HANDSOMELY BOUND, OF CRICKETER FREDERICK HERVEY-BATHURST, WITH SPLENDID BORDERS BY ALKEN, recording the kill at Clarendon Park for 27 seasons, 1838 to 1865. Visitors are noted, including, fellow cricketer Thomas Chamberlayne, and Lord Frederick Gordon, with various observations: 'the snow so deep we could not shoot', 'poor little Nelly was shot', 'Stanley shot most infamously', 'Villiers could not get near a bird', etc., and unusual catch, including otter, hawk, and a 10.5lb hare; 1846 was a particularly violent year for rabbits, with 2838 shot. Sir Frederick played for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club.