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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition, vi (x) 542 pages,advert leaf, frontis + 15 full page engraved plates + vignette to title page, half calf, marbled boards, little worn,

2nd Ed. Sm. thick 8vo. xv + 579pp. + [v]. Engraved frontis., Bewick style t.p. vignette. Some light browning, rebound in modern speckled calf, gilt rule edged raised bands with gilt lettered title label to spine, First published in 1804 with 16 engraved plates.Schwerdt II, 173 (First edition). US$162.

First edition. vi, [10], 542pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 15 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting, terminal leaf of text, terminal plate, and rear endpapers damp-stained at head. The first edition of sporting journalist Pierce Egan's (1772-1849) sketches of notable incidents in the pastimes of hunting, fishing, racing, and field sports. Baldwin's London Magazine (August and September 1820), in reviewing the a later edition, remarked, rather verbosely: 'The author her has contrived to mass together all the particulars of Horse, Dog, and Man, worth of being known. It is a happy composition; full of whim and particular phrases, with a slip of morality in it, like a bit of lemon-peel in one's punch, and delightfully flavoured with the choicest lime juice of slang. Every leaf of the book glitters like a river in the sun'. Size: 8vo.

First Edition. Finely bound copy in gilt-blocked tree calf. Raised spine bands. Inner gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Slightest suggestion of rubbing and dulling to spine bands and panel edges. Minor scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi, [10], 542 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Subjects: Sports Great Britain. Sports; Anecdotes.Sports stories. Horse racing. Sports history. 3 Kg.

Octavo, bound in early 20th century green morocco & marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, uncut, [xvi], 542 pp. Frontispiece and 15 plates, along with a number of small vignettes. Very Good; light edgewear and rubbing along each joint, bearing the armorial bookplate of sporting-book collector, R. N. H. Moore Stevens, designed by "A.W.T." Hunting, Sporting, Outdoor Living, Fishing. ixsli.

First edition. Later full polished calf with gilt dentelles and green morocco spine label, joints weak, small chip at bottom of spine. [xvi], 542 pp., frontis and 15 plates. The text is generally attributed to Pierce Egan. Among the plates is one of Philidor playing chess. Not listed in Westwood &Satchell, but see p.198.

First Edition. Finely bound copy in gilt-blocked tree calf. Raised spine bands. Inner gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Slightest suggestion of rubbing and dulling to spine bands and panel edges. Minor scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi, [10], 542 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Subjects: Sports Great Britain. Sports; Anecdotes.Sports stories. Horse racing. Sports history. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, vi (x) 542 pages,advert leaf, frontis + 15 full page engraved plates + vignette to title page, later 19th century half blue calf, marbled boards, little faded and rubbed, but a nice clean copy, , bookplate,

LeatherBound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 614. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1807 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 614.

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1st Edn,. vi (x) 542 pages,advert leaf, frontis + 15 full page engraved plates + vignette to title page TEG, pages uncut, armorial bookplate of Francis Alexander to front paste down, some browning to plates, bound in later full crushed morroco by Robertson. A mixture of fact and fantasy with a very wide cross section of stories and events in all sports" Schwerdt Vol.II 173 Chute 17 (coloured copy), Rare.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, [10], 542, [2]; engraved title page, 16 engraved plates; original pink paper-covered boards (soiled, worn at edges), rebacked without spine label, uncut; a good, sound and clean copy. Huth, 71; Schwerdt II, 173.

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Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 604. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1804 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 604.

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LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1804 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 602 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 602 Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849,Cundee, J. (James), printer,Hurst, Thomas, bookseller,Harris, John, 1756-1846, bookseller,Wheble, John, 1746-1820, bookseller.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1804 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 605 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 605.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 608 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 608 Language: English.