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New York: Benjamin Blom, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards, large quarto [10.5" x 13.5"], illustrated in b&w. Book has rubbing and soil, mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Sport in Art: An Iconography of Sport Illustrating the Field Sports of Europe and America from the 15th to the End of the 18th Centu.

Boston: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. (1969). Hardcover. Baillie-Grohman, William A. SPORT IN ART: AN ICONOGRAPHY OF SPORT DURING FOUR HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH TO THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. New York and London: Benjamin Blom, (1969). First published in 1925, this reissue is 1969. 422 pages, 13 ½’ x 10 ¼”, blue boards with gilt stamping. This is a clean, nice copy in Very Good condition. .

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine. Folio. xxiii + 422 pp + [4] pub ad. With 243 illustrations, including 2 tipped in color plates. Wonderful survey of subject. Completely clean and tight. Cloth binding is plain library type binding, but other than possibly small white mark, now somewhat faded, at base of spine, no ex-lib evidence.

New York: Benjamin Blom, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 13.5x10.6x1.7in. reprint edition, not issued with a dust jacket; spine slightly dulled. Facsimile reprint of book published circa 1925. With 243 black-and-white illustrations. 422pp 5.77lb 13.5x10.6x1.7in

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Folio. Book. xxiii + 422 pp + [4] pub ad. With 243 illustrations, including 2 tipped in color plates. Wonderful survey of subject. With original decorated dark blue cloth publisher's binding. Some minor blistering of cloth on boards. Corners bumped slightly. A small corner crease to frontis plate.

. Very Good. . Simpkin Marshall beautifully rebound in green boards, 2nd ed, this is an edition de luxe in 25 copies (on prelim) this one is not numbered or signed, with 243 illus, light foxing to prelim contents clean no markings, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1919. Hardcover.

New York: Benjamin Blom 1969, 1st thus. (Folio) 422pp. Very good. Frontispiece, 243 illus. A couple of tiny nicks in the cloth at the top edge, else about fine..

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, [1919]. Cloth. Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Various. An uncommon second edition copy of William Adolf Baillie Grohman's fascinating study of sport in art, specifically focusing on Europe and America from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Grohman was an Anglo-Austrian author, best known for his works on the history of hunting and other sports. Indeed, Grohman was a passionate collector of European sporting art, and developed an intense interest in the history and art of sport, building up an extensive library on hunting and game animals. As a culmination of these interests, in 1904 he produced a lavishly illustrated and authoritative edition of 'The Master of Game'. Due to the popularity of this work, Grohman went on to produce this work, 'Sport in Art, An Iconography of Sport ', drawing on his extensive historical knowledge of early sporting art gained through his own collecting and research, to produce this study of early depictions of hunting.… Read More

Second edition. Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. nd. [1919] Quarto. xxiii, 422pp, 2pp ads. Colour frontis tipped in, colour plate tipped in, numerous further monochrome plates and illustrations. Contemporary quarter calf, green cloth. Spine in six compartments, with red and green leather labels, gilt lettering. Corner of frontis. slightly creased. A nice copy.
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London: Ballantyne and Co, LTD, 1913 [1913] per British Library. TEG. 422 pgs. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, wear and fraying to spine ends and corners, light wear to cloth, previous owner's book plate. An exploration of the evolution of hunting, shooting, falconry and fishing through European art from the 15th through the 18th centuries. 243 reproductions of art from the author's private collection including 2 tipped-in color plates and four plates in sepia, the rest in b&w. Errata slip present at page 1. Large and heavy book will require additional shipping charges.. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick Folio.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1919. Second Edition. Half Decorated Morocco, Marbled Boards. Very Good. With a beautiful red half morocco binding decorated with gilt figures of a fox, a hound, a hawk, antlers, fish. Folio. 33 by 25 cm. xxiii + 422 pp + [4] pub ad. With 243 illustrations, including 2 tipped in color plates. Wonderful survey of subject. Soiling to board edges.