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Selections from The fancy;: Or, True sportsman's guide, Hardcover - 1972

by An Operator


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  • Title Selections from The fancy;: Or, True sportsman's guide,
  • Author An Operator
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition LIMITED EDITION
  • Pages 136
  • Publisher Imprint Society, Barre, MA
  • Date 1972
  • ISBN 9780876360293
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Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide

by An Operator

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Hardcover
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Imprint Society, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good. Slipcase. 1972 Imprint Society. Limited Edition of 1950 signed numbered copies; this is number 1663. Signed by the illustrator. Oversize hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, is half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled edges. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Very small faint scratch on spine below title. Small light brown stain and indentation between two pages. Brown, textured paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label has slight wear at edges and one small dent at the top edge; one side has a faint stain on surface. Foreword by George Plimpton. Etchings and drawings by Randy Jones. Limitation statement: "Nineteen hundred and fifty copies of Selections from The Fancy have been printed for the members of The Imprint Society by the Press of A. Colish, in Mount Vernon,… Read More
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Imprint Society, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Selections from The fancy : or, True sportsman's guide / by an operator. With a foreword by George Plimpton & etching and drawings by Randy Jones

by An Operator (Psued.) Jones, Randy (Illus.)

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Barre, Mass : Imprint Society, 1972. 1st edition - limited to 1950 copies. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked leather over decorated cloth-backed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 136 pages; Physical description. : xv, 136 p. Illus. 26 cm. Subject: Badcock, John, fl. 1816-1830 Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 Boxing - England - History
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Selections from the Fancy; or True Sportsman's Guide

by An Operator (badcock, Jonathan ??)

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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1972. xv,136pp, bw ills. Original brown & black patterned cloth with brown leather spine. Very slight rubbing at corners and spine extremeties. Lacks the laid in signed etching. Signed and but not numbered (/1950) on limitation page (colophon) by the artist (Randy Jones). These writings were originally printed in the early 1800s. Here are collected several articles on boxing/pugilism; along with one on such 'sports' as badger baiting, cock fighting etc.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Jones, Randy. Sml 4to.
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The Fancy; or True Sportsman Guide by an Operator

by An Operator (George Plimpton, Foreword (Randy Jones, Etchings and Drawings)

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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1972. Hardbound. FINE. As new - gift quality! Slipcased limited edition, #676 of 1950, signed by the artist. 136 pages, illustrated with black and white etchings. 7.25x10.5x1" Seven essays on pugilism and other "sporting" events of the Regency period.
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Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide

by An Operator

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Limited Edition. First Thus? Printing
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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1972. Limited Edition. First Thus? Printing. fair, ex-lib.. Randy Jones. 136 pages. Illus., #77 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, usual library markings, spine worn. Signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136.
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Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide

Selections from The Fancy; or, True Sportsman's Guide

by An Operator,

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Paperback
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Imprint Society, 1972. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Illustrator. Book is in excellent condition, with small mark at spine, also upper leather portion of front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book is protected in clear plastic jacket . #1613 of 1950 copies printed for the Imprint Society, signed by the illustrator. Selections from a 2-vol. work originally published in 1826; authorship attributed to Jonathan Badcock or to Pierce Egan. Foreword by George Plimpton. Signed by Randy Jones (the illustrator) on the page following p. 136. Hardcover, 7 x 10.25 inches, in half-bound in brown leather over light brown paper-covered board with dark brown decorative stripe pattern. Speckled page ends. An etching by the illustrator is laid in. Black and white illustrations. 136 pages. Contents include: Cursory remarks on the origin, rise and progress of pugilism in… Read More
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