AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RURAL SPORTS or Complete Account Historical, Practical and Descriptive of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing Etc by Blaine, Delabere P - 1852

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dye, 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition.

UK: Longmans, 1870. New Edition . Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. R Branston. New Revised and Enlarged Edition 1870. 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. Probably owned by Charles Hibbert Henry Williamson's father in law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is good++ and quite bright. Re-cased retaining the spine and endpapers. Contents quite good. Endpapers rather worn to the edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17593

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports or A Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day" by Delabere P. Blaine, ESQ. First edition. Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1840. Illustrated by 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc. Very thick octavo [6" x 9"], 1240 pp with additional pages of publisher's advertisements at the beginning and end of the book. Hardbound in publisher's original pictoral green cloth. A large thematic gilt ornament on the top board, and elaborate gilt stamping on the spine. Rear blind-stamped with decorative border and design. The book is in very good antiquarian condition. Minor sunning to the board edges with lightly worn corners. Two small tears to the top of the sunned spine. The gilt lettering… Read More

Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London., 1840. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 1240, 32 (catalogue). 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc. Original green cloth decorated in gilt and in blind, with a peregrine falcon in gilt on upper cover. The author was a veterinary surgeon in London and Professor of Animal Medicine. On the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of William Sandilands of Barny Hill. Spine and cover edges a little faded. Slight bruising to the edges. Very good indeed.