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1889 HUNTING Shooting GUNS Sports & Game Hunt Dogs Falconry Illustrated 3v SET The Badminton Library was perhaps the most important 19th-century encyclopedia published with the intent of providing the English public with reading on sports and leisure, skill improvement, and general knowledge of their favorite pastimes. This lot from the Badminton Library contains three books on hunting and shooting including Coursing and Falconry by Cox and Lascelles. These volumes feature fine illustrations depicting hunting scenes, hunting dogs, game birds and fowl, and even views of women shooting bows and arrows! Item number: #23368 Price: $599 various The Badminton Library London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889-96. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes o Shooting (1889) [2], xiii, [1], 358 Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey o Coursing and Falconry (1892) xiii, [1], 413, [3] Harding Cox and Gerald Lascelles o Poetry of Sport (1896) xxxvi, 420 Hedley Peek Provenance: Handwritten Eugene F. Wells Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative brown cloth Size: ~7.75in X 5.75in (19.5cm x 14.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 23368 Photos available upon request. Seller Inventory # 23368
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Title: The Badminton Library
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co
Publication Date: 1889
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
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