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Blew, William C. A.. The Quorn Hunt and Its Masters. John C. Nimmo, London, 1899.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red/gilt. [5]+vi-xxiii+[2]+3-396p,illus,color,teg,cep. 24 illustrations, 12 of which are in color. Contains coloured map of the Quorn and surrounding countries. Interior fine. 1" tear horiz margin frontis coloured plate. Printed at the Ballantyne Press. Errata at page 396. 16 pages of ads for Nimmo at end of book. Excellent gilt on front board. Spine light rub and little darker.
Seller: Samuel Lasenby Bookseller, Corona del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: xxiii, 396 pp. With 24 illustrations drawn by Henry Alken, 12 of which are coloured by hand; and a coloured map. Large 8vo, later half red morocco; gilt spine; t.e.g. by Bayntun; original cloth bound in at rear. Joints and corners a little rubbed; but a tight and sound copy in a handsome binding.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 7 1/8 inches x 10 5/8 in. x 1 5/8 in. (thick), colored frontispiece; title-page printed in red and black; preface; publisher's note; table of Huntsmen & Whippers-In; contents; list of Alken illustrations; list of Alken illustrations: tail pieces; color map. xxiii, pp. [1]-396 including index and errata + 16 pp. Nimmo catalogue, dated November 1898; with the 10 colored plates (two of the plates are double-page, each with two images across the plates, giving 12 illustrations), and other illustrations. Red cloth with titling gilt on the spine and with a gilt hunting design, and a gold lettered title on the front cover, with hunting design in gold and black, gray stamped borders on the spine and front cover, top-edge gilt, blue coated endpapers. Housed in a dark blue cloth-covered clamshell box with a brown leather, gilt title label on the spine, marble design paper on the inner covers of the box. With the bookseller's ticket of Harry F. Marks, New York City, on the lower left of the back coated paper paste-down. The spine shows some darkening to the cloth, very light wear to the spine ends, cover corners; the front inner coated paper hinge shows a crack to the coated paper. The leather spine label shows some of the leather surface worn away, light rubbing to the clamshell box corners, edges. Overall, a fine copy of a heavy, delicate, and scarce book. "Publisher's Note: The hand-coloured plates and other illustrations, all after Henry Alken, are among the best and most spirited of his drawings. They depict runs and other incidents in the Quorn country." Weight: 5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.