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Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and The Stage interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men etc.
by Egan, Pierce
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1832., 1832. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. iv, 414. Vignette to title page and numerous engravings throughout, mainly large head-piece engravings to chapters. Emerald green half-calf with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to red label to spine, gilt floral decoration to compartments and marbled paper-covered boards. Spine slightly sunned and rubbed; edges and corners scuffed. Scattered light foxing, heavier to title page, with minor stains. Small grouse shotting newspaper clipping pasted to margin p. 376; no annotation or inscriptions. Comprehensive compendium of sporting lore, originally published in parts. Subject matter includes racing, boxing, theatre and a wide variety of other pastimes including cricket and fencing.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8121
- Title
- Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and The Stage interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men etc.
- Author
- Egan, Pierce
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1832.
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- Sport
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Edges
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- Raised Band(s)
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