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GAY.JOHN. RURAL SPORTS.. WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE., NEW YORK., 1930.

Price: US$9.38 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: EX-LIBRARY COPY APPARENTLY NEVER CIRCULATED WITH MINIMAL MARKINGS(NONE IN THE TEXT).ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON ROSS.

Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports:Together with The Birth of the Squire and The Hound and the Huntsman. WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE, NEW YORK, 1930.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1 of 1500 copies, see rear of book.Gold gilt on spine.Bookplate on front inside cover.Light foxing to pages. Black and white illustrations. Clean pages. No markings. Tight bindinjg DATE PUBLISHED: 1930 EDITION: 36

Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports together with The Birth of the Squire and The Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, NY, 1930.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 36pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Bottom corners just through. Very decent. copy. One of 1550 in the trade ed.

Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: DJ has some light wear, but is in a plastic cover. Pages are yellowing. ; Limited to 1550 copies.

Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. xviii (i), 36 pp, list of b&w plates, Introduction by Owen Culbertson; Rural Sports; The Birth of the Squire; The Hound and the Huntsman. This Limited Edition of Rural Sports consists of 1550 unnumbered copies made by William Edwin Rudge in the month of March, 1930 at Mount Vernon, N. Y. The illustrations are by Gordon Ross Typography by Frederic Warde. Not Price Clipped. Owner's small ex-libris plate on front pastedown. 1"x3" chip along top edge spine extending to front panel dj with thin chipping along top edge rear panel, and a 4" closed tear to rear fore-edge panel at top edge corner. Slightly frayed bottom egde spine cloth with minor edge wear, else, clean and bright; tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red paper-covered boards with black blackstrip, gilt decorated spine and top text block edge. Size: 4to

Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

John Gay; Owen Culbertson. Rural Sports together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$52.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A limited edition of this early poem by John Gay, with illustrations by Gordon Ross. John Gay (1685-1732) was an English poet, 'The Beggar's Opera' being his most celebrated work. He was a long friend of Alexander Pope after having dedicated his work 'Rural Sports' to him; they both joined the Scriblerus Club, a group of Augustan authors prominent in the early eighteenth century.With illustrations in black and white by Gordon Ross.With a gift inscription reading, 'To Kim, with my kindest C. A. Buckley Jr., Pebble Beach, 1941.'A limited edition, being one of fifteen hundred and fifty copies. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some wear to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Boards are a little bowed. Gift inscription in pencil to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have just the odd spot. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Gay, John. RURAL SPORTS: TOGETHER WITH THE BIRTH OF THE SQUIRE & THE HOUND AND THE HUNTSMAN. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Limited Edition 1/1500. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, a small water mark on both front & rear covers else still bright and solid. SBB 5/21

Seller: JB's Book Vault, Buffalo, WY, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports Together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: Wear on spine ends. One of 1550 copies.

Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.

John Gay | Gordon Ross (Pictures by) | Owen Culbertson (With an Introduction by). Rural Sports together with The Birth of the Squire and The Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Edition de Luxe: "Consists of 225 numbered copies, of which 200 will be for sale, with all the illustrations colored by hand and the frontispiece signed by the artist, Gordon Ross" of which this is No. 192. 8 x 12in. 36pp. + limitation page. Publisher's full calf with blind-stamped ruling. Spine with gilt titling and ruling. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges and corners, boards with sections of toning and discoloration, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text and illustrations remain clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports, together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, 1930.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG+ -- a nice copy with just a little rubbing to the spine and the usual minor fading of the purple leather to something closer to brown. Contents fine. Original plain cardboard slipcase is poor. One of 225 copies printed on large paper with Hand-Colored Illustrations. This copy out of series and so not signed.

Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Gay John. Rural Sports together with The Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsma n. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930, Front's piece signed by artist Gordon Ross., 1930.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good book in good condition, slightly sunned, hardcover, slightly worn edges, stamped embossed, full leather boards, gilt spine. SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDTRATIONS COLORED HAND AUTHOR BEGGARS OPERA PICTURES GORDON ROSS Limited edition # 110 of 225

Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

GAY, John, and Gordon ROSS (illustrator).. Rural Sports, together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman with an Introduction by Owen Culbertson.. New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1930., 1930.

Price: US$208.03 + shipping

Description: Folio, pp. [8 (blank)], xxviii, [1], [1 (blank)], 36, [1], [3 (blank)], with 5 hand-coloured lithographic plates; title and 4 part-titles with vignettes and coloured by hand, numerous vignettes in text, frontispiece signed by the artist; contemporary purple morocco, boards filleted in blind to a geometric design, spine richly gilt and lettered directly, top-edge gilt; sunned and a little bumped, a few very small scuffs, nonetheless a very good copy.Limited edition, numbered 94 of 200 copies for sale, signed by the artist. A handsome edition with hand-coloured illustrations by the sporting watercolourist Gordon Ross (1873–1946). Language: English

Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom

GAY, John. Rural Sports. WIlliam Edwin Rudge, 1930.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: GAY, John ROSS, Gordon [picture by] [36] pp. WIlliam Edwin Rudge This Edition De Luxe of 225 numbered copies this is No. 60 1930 12 1/4" x 8 3/4" *dampstaining condition noted to bottom of jacket panels*

Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.

Gay, John. Rural Sports, together with the Birth of the Squire and the Hound and the Huntsman. William Edwin Rudge, New York, 1930.

Price: US$703.81 + shipping

Description: 200 copies for sale, hand coloured frontispiece signed by Gordon Ross. excellent copy full leather, gilt, ltd. edition 225 copies this is #46

Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada