The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Shooting (Field and Covert)

Descripción

A wonderfully illustrated half Morocco leather bound edition of Badminton Library's 'Shooting'. An extremely smart edition, in half Morocco leather binding. Part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. The series was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co., intended as "a modern encyclopedia for the inexperienced man". Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. Volume 5: Shooting: Field and Covert was written by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham and Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey. Lord Walsingham was an English politician and amateur entomologist, while Sir Frankland-Payne-Gallwey was an English Engineer, historian, ballistics expert, and artist. Containing over 100 beautiful illustrations, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. In Badminton Library half Morocco binding, with cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Externally, very smart. Some light rubbing to extremities. Marbled paper to pastedowns and recto of endpapers. Previous owners name to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Shooting (Field and Covert)

Editor

Longmans, Green, and Co., London

Fecha de publicación

1906

Encuadernación

Leather

Ilustrador

A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, J. H. Oswald, And G. E. Lodge

Estado

Very Good Indeed

Tipo de libro

book

Catálogos de vendedores

• Other Sports