London and New York: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Limited. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1931 limited edition, "printed on a specially made rag paper, with two extra plates in hand-coloured photogravure, limited to 125 copies for sale in Great Britain and the USA, of which this is No. 80". Tight and VG- in its light-brown cloth, with soiling to the panels and a bit of darkening along the spine. Quarto, 240 pgs., top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom edges. "A Companion Volume of New Research to 'British Sporting Artists' and 'Angling in British Art'. 138 Illustrations complementing the text.

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Bookseller: Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11058
Title: A Book of Sporting Painters
Author: Walter Shaw Sparrow
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Collectible; Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd./Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: London and New York
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: sporting reference, early 20th century sporting painters
Bookseller catalogs: Art;

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