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Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, &c.
[Shooting Bibliophile provenance]. Berenger, Lt. Col. [Charles Random] de.
Published by London: T. Hurst, 1835., 1835
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Seller: Joe Maynard, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.Joe Maynard
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, vii, [i], 286pp, [2], title-page vignette and 18 woodcut illustration, 4 by George Cruikshank, and 3 by his brother Robert, 2 folding etched scenes, all of sporting life, in publisher s dark green pebbled cloth, spine with gilt cartouche and titling (small spot… rubbed through along upper joint, mild wear at corners, mild foxing within, but heavier foxing to 2 folding plates, very good or better). Berenger was popular within sporting circles, also convicted of stock fraud in 1814, spending a year in prison. Later he rebound financially, establishing The Stadium, or British National Arena for the purposes of public fairs and events, as well as a place for shooting and archery clubs. Provenance: Contemporaneous bookplate and ownership signature of Philip John Budworth, Greenstead Hall Essex, with additional bookplate of author and bibliophile Eric S. Quayle of Greensleeves, Sutton Coldfield dated 1962, both at front paste-down. British writer, historian, and bibliophile Eric Quayle amassed a library of over 12,000 books and produced a series of lavishly illustrated books on book collecting, as well as a biography of 19th century adventure story writer R. M. Ballantyne.
Published by For the Proprietor, London, 1835
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Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller, Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.John R. Sanderson, Bookseller
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Original Pebbled Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Short splits to upper joints neatly repaired. With two folding lithographs and eight engraved plates.
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Published by T. Hurst, London, 1835
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Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First Edition. London: T. Hurst. Very Good. 1835. First Edition. Nicely bound in supple half black morocco over pebbled boards. Ten plates, two of which are folding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . Cruikshank (illustrator).
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Seller: Richard Neylon, St Marys, TAS, AustraliaRichard Neylon
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: very good. London, for the Proprietor by Hurst 1835. Octavo publisher's green grained cloth (rebacked with the original spine preserved); viii,286,[2]pp, two folding lithograph views, eight etched plates by George or Robert Cruikshank, wood engravings through the text. A leaf torn without loss, a little bro…wning of the lithographs, the rebacking perhaps a bit thorough but a rather good copy in a modern cloth slipcase. How not to leave a bank; how to deal with footpads, whether on foot or in a carriage; and countless other useful tips on how to survive in London, on the highway and in the country (''eject out of a room, how to, anyone with certainty'' surely works in town or country). The last 30 some pages, which includes the etchings and lithographs, is an advertisement for de Berenger's Stadium, or British National Arena which covered 24 acres of Chelsea. The Baron de Berenger, or Charles Random, who has been described variously as an inventor, sharpshooter, print colourer and stockmarket fraud, set up his Stadium in 1831 and held modern Olympics there in 1832 and 1838. He certainly had no claim to the rank of Lt. Colonel but there is some uncertainty about his claim to his title; it may have some validity. The Cruikshank brothers seem to have had a closer relationship with Berenger than mere hired illustrators: Arthur G. Credland, in an article on Berenger in 'Arms & Armour' (2006), speculates that through their keen interest in archery and shooting that one, or both of them, taught at the Stadium and he recounts a less than illustrious heritage for Berenger transmitted via the Cruikshanks.
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Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United KingdomMaggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Add to basketThe Embellishments by Mr. Bonner and others, after Designs by Messrs. G. & R. Cruikshank, Alken, Haghe, Fussell and de Berenger. Engraved vignette to the title page, and numerous vignettes and other illustrations to the text, ten plates, two of them folding lithographs. Some foxing and browning, the folding plates quite heavily…at the margins, one plate with a clean split on a fold, overall a very good copy in the original green pebble-grain cloth, rebacked with the original spine laid down. viii, 286pp. ad. leaf. Published for the Proprietor by T. Hurst. and may be had at the Stadium, Chlesea, Cohn 772; Riling 460. Charles Random Beaufain, self-styled Baron De Berenger is described by DNB as "gifted with an unscrupulous impudence". In 1814 he was involved in an audacious fraud, circulating a rumour that Napoleon was dead and peace imminent, and profiting, along with his confederates, from the resulting market fluctuations. As a result De Berenger was arrested along with Admiral Cochrane, in whose confidence he was at the time, and one of Cochrane's uncles. All were found guilty and Cochrane was ". struck of the list of the navy. expelled from the House of Commons; and, with every possible indignity, from the number of the knights of the Bath." [ibid.] The present work is a remarkable collection of "tips and wrinkles" on the subject of self-defence, "Precautions which ought to be attended to in walking the streets of great cities."; ". General Rules and Cautions to be observed on the Highways and Roads.", but also on target and game shooting. The text is much enhanced by the lively engravings showing lurking foot-pads and the like. The latter part of the volume is taken up with what is essentially a prospectus for "The Stadium, or, British National Arena." an establishment for the promotion of "Manly and Defensive Exercises, Equestrian, Chivalric, and Aquatic Games, and Skilful and Amusing Pastimes" which De Berenger had set up in Cremorne Gardens. There are four etched plates by George Cruikshank with views of activities at the Stadium, and three plates of the "Costumes" of participants - Rifle Club, and male and femail members of the Archery Club - drawn and etched by Robert Cruikshank. The two folding lithographs also show views of the Arena. De Berenger has a place in Olympic history as the Stadium twice hosted Olympic Festivals, 1832 and again in 1838 as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Victoria. This copy from the library of Albert Mayer Cohn, author of the Cruikshank catalogue raisonné, with his Cruikshank bookplate to the front pastedown.
