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1804 First Edition "Sporting Anecdotes" by An Amateur Sportsman
Item Details
Title and Author/Editor | Sporting Anecdotes; Original and Select: Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who Have Appeared on the Turf. With an Interesting Selection of the Most Extraordinary Events Which have Transpired in the Sporting World; A Correct Description of The Animals of Chase, and of Every Other Subject Connected with the Various Diversions of the Field (An Amateur Sportsman, pseudonym for Egan Pierce) |
Genre | Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs, Sports, Hunting and Fishing, Crafts and Hobbies |
Type of Illustration | Sixteen plates |
Binding | Leather |
Dust Jacket | No |
Publisher or Printer | Albion Press |
Publication Year | 1804 |
Edition Statement | First Edition |
Volumes | 1 |
Additional Information | This volume features all sixteen plates of which two have been incorrectly placed according to the instructions to the binder. |
Condition
- wear to the cover with red rot, rubbed edges, bumped corners, split seams, soiling and fraying; writing to endpapers; foxing; fading; chipping to text pages.
Dimensions
1.5" W x 8.75" H x 5.5" D
Item #
ITMG245698