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New York, New York, U.S.A: E.P. Dutton & Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2" x 10. Armour, G.D. VERY GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. [nd] circa 1925 (based on British publication date). xii, 280 pp. Text clean and unmarked. With 20 illustrations, most in b/w, printed separately and tipped in. Red cloth boards lettered in gilt at front and spine, lower corners bumped, otherwise very minor shelfwear only. Binding firm.
The Sport of Our Ancestors by De Broke, Lord Willoughby - 1921: - Being A Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting
by De Broke, Lord Willoughby
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The Sport of Our Ancestors: - Being A Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting
by De Broke, Lord Willoughby
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London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Limited Edition (This being No. 101 of 150 copies), SIGNED by both Lord Willoughby de Broke and illustrator G. D. Armour. Twenty clean and lovely illustrations by G. D. Armour tipped in. Large book, size approx. 9" x 11-1/2". Blue paper-covered boards qwith beige cloth spine, leather label with gold lettering on spine. Wear to corner tips, fading to blue boards, spots of wear-through along corners and edges of cloth spine. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. All pages and edges are clean, including endpapers, and top page edges are gilt. No names, writing or marks. Numbered and signed by both author and artist. Printed on quality paper with deckled edges. 280 pages.
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- Publisher Constable and Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1921
- Keywords fox-hunting, sporting horses, Lord Willoughby De Broke, G. D. Armour, signed limited edition, British horse sport, equine sport
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The Sport of Our Ancestors
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The Sport of Our Ancestors: Being a Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth the Sport of Fox-hunting
by Lord Willoughby de Broke
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London: Constable & Co., 1921. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Much sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the boards which carry a few small marks. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Minor age-toning to the lining papers. The pages clean and bright notwithstanding the limited age-toning and with the hinges weakening in a couple of places. . G. D. Armour. Hardback. Physically 10¼” x 7¾” (1.4 kg); (xii) 279pp; Illustrated by G. D. Armour; Includes: Mounted black and white plates; Mounted frontispiece; Top edge gilt; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #194825|| Condition:
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SPORT OF OUR ANCESTORS: Being a Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting As They Knew It
by De Broke, Lord Willoughby (Editor) [Richard Greville Verney, Baron Willoughby de Broke]
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London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1921. 280 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover. Spine sunned. Corners and spine ends bumped. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Natural toning to blank endpapers. Rear inner hinge starting. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ 20 tipped-in plates (4 of which are in color).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by G. D. Armour. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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