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Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 615pp + 20 of the 34 expected plates present. Basically still well bound together but with wear, whilst all pages are still attached a few are looseish probably from where some plates have been removed. Both title pages present. Interior generally in nice clean condition. Owner's name plate inside cover. Please see pics for better idea of condition.
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.88 + shipping
Description: octavo marbled boards in three quarter brown leather with gilt lettering and rule, 615pp + 1pp advert, illus incl scarce engravers title page (33 plates + frontis + engravers title). VG (lmoderate tanning/foxing, previous owner name to engraving page, new eps) A lovingly and tastefully rebound copy
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: boards heavily rubbed, crudely respined; HH; Uncut in publiher's boards, xi, 615p., ad, 34 plates & engraved title, also woodcuts. **".embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing, etc., with observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements. " Norris & Palmer Bibliography of Gamecocks & Cock-fighting #144, with two plates of paintings by Barrenger. Riling #383.
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
SCOTT, William Henry. British Field Sports. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1818.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xi, 625, [1] p. 23 cm. 34 plates, including frontispiece. Full leather with gilt trim. Spine label chipped, spine tail scuffed, corners worn, rear hinge cracked. Some foxing and dampstains. Ink signature on title page. Title continues: "Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting-Hunting-Coursing-Racing-Cocking-Fishing, &c. With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; Also the Management of Fowling Pieces, and all other Sporting Implements." First chapter includes interesting commentary on human cruelty to animals and how to balance hunting and field sports with fair play and ethical behaviour. It is followed by a plea for the revoking of Britain's Game Laws, which have led to "the demoralization of vast and increasing numbers of the labouring class in the country" by forcing them into poaching.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1818). 1818 1st edition. Large 8vo (155 x 250mm). Ppxxii,615,ad. Engraved plates & text engravings. Additionally at front - The Sportsman's Progress: A Poem descriptive of the pleasures derived from Field Sports. Full tan leather, all joints abraded but without damage, inner hinges slightly tender, foxing, particularly of prelims. Bookplate of falconry book collector Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. ".embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, fishing, racing, cocking, fishing, &c. With observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements." "William Henry Scott" was a pen-name used by John Lawrence (1753-1839). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover in Fine full leather binding (potentially a contemporary rebind but presumed somewhat later) with gilt titles on green leather labels on spine, with gilt details and framing to boards, marbled endpapers, some light rubbing to extremities, light foxing throughout but otherwise in Fine condition commensurate with age. First edition, pp xi, 615, 34 engraved plates including frontis, illustrated half-title page, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, index, Advert for Cooke's Topography to rear.
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 24.5 by 16 cm. xi, [1], 615, [1] pp. With 34 engraved plates, and numerous woodcuts interspersed through text (generally chapter headers and footers). Marbled endpapers, old bookplate pasted onto FEP. TEG. Joints restored. Minor rubbing and crackling of spine leather. Gilt decorative devices slightly faded on spine. Scattered foxing.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Scott, William Henry. British Field Sports. Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818.
Price: US$775.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scott, William Henry British Field Sports London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818. Scott, William Henry. British Field Sports; embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cockingl, fishing, &c. With observations on the breaking and training of dogs and horses; also the management of fowling pieces, and all other sporting implements. 1818. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones. Royal 8vo. 34 engraved plates including frontispiece. Original calf rebacked, spine label gilt, spine gilt. Provenance: Frederick J. O. Montagu (bookplate); Wilson (bookplates).[4] illustrated half-title [2] full page black and white frontice piece title page; B.3, ix-xi. pp.2-615. Full page advert for Cooke's Topography [4]. "The author's object has been, to present, in as compressed a form as real utility would admit, instructuions in all the various Field Sports in Modern Practice; thereby forming a book of General Reference on the subject and including in one volume, what could not otherwise be obtained without purchasing many and expensive ones"
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [615] pp. SCOTT, William Henry Sherwood, Neely, and Jones 1818 8.75" x 5.75" Morocco leather bound by Bayntun Binder, Bath, Eng
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xi, [3], 615, [1] pp. With 34 hand-colored plates, and numerous woodcuts interspersed through text (generally chapter headers and footers). 8vo, 8.75 by 5.5 inches, 22 by 14 cm. Extremely scarce with colored plates! Rebacked, with red spine labels. Foxing scattered, occasionally on the heavy side. Plates generally attractive, even when can see light foxing as in frontis. Majority are clean, or with light soilage in margins. Binding is tight.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.