A Cosmopolite Robert Allen (2 results)
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Published by Edward Arnold, London, 1897
- Hardcover
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United KingdomRichard Thornton Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 60.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in half cream vellum over marbled boards with brown moroccan label lettered in gilt to spine.With green matt endpapers.Top edge of the book is in gilt.There are NO former names or inscriptions present but with one former price in pen t…o the blank front endpaper.There is some aging and toning marks to the cream vellum but commensurate I would say to the age of the book.The Sportsman in Ireland is a classic 19th-century travel and sporting literature work, originally published in 1840 by A Cosmopolite (identified as Robert Allan) with a significant new edition released in 1897 by Edward Arnold.This new edition illustrated by P. Chenevix Trench, features lively descriptions of hunting and angling in the West of Ireland, interspersed with anecdotes about the local people and history.It is generally considered one of the most entertaining accounts of sport ever published and remains a sought-after item among rare book collectors.A Very decent copy for the collector that was acquired from a hugely impressive library of books on Big Game Hunting and shooting in the UK Asia,The Far East,America,Canada,Africa and New Zealand,8vo 306pp New Edition [1897]. P Chenevix Trench (illustrator).
Published by Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1840
- Hardcover
Seller: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.RPL Library Store
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET as ISSUED. [2 Volume Set, Complete]. Vol. I: xv, 315 pp.; Vol. II: vi, 305 pp + ads. Text clean and unmarked, except for former owner's name and monogram in ink on both title pages, and a few pencil markings on front endpapers. Pages sli…ghtly yellowed. Vol. II stained at edges of text block. Illustrated with a few small engravings in b/w. Brown cloth boards with blind stamped decoration on front and back boards, lettered in gilt at spines. Boards lightly scuffed and soiled, edges slightly worn, corners bumped and worn to boards, spines worn at top and bottom, with some chipping and loss. Front board detached on both volumes. Back hinges cracked. Original sewn binding of text block firm and intact.
