Foress Sporting Notes Sketches Quarterly by Alexander Bradley Cuthbert Mason Finch (7 results)

Hard. Condition: Good. Mason, Finch; Alexander, R. M.; Bradley, Cuthbert (illustrator). Text and illustrations bright with occasional light spotting, biro inscription on front endpaper, foxing on endpapers, binding fim, light shelf wear to boards but overall neat. Size: 8vo.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Mason, Finch & Alexander, R.M. & Bradley, Cuthbert & Others (illustrator). First Edition. Attractive Red cloth cover with Black Illustration of Riders Foxhunting, with Gilt Lettering & Grounds on front. The same Illustration blind stamped on the back. Gilt lettering and riding cap & crop design to spine. Beveled edges. All page edges Gilt. 53 colourful Stories and articles. First story is "His Last Race", by Finch Mason. Others include " A chat about Water-Poaching" by J. Harrington Keene; A Bear Hunt - Man Leading" by Coulson Kernahan; "Sky-Larking on a Bicycle", by Wilf Pocklington; "A Polo Success", by Cuthbert Bradley and "A Day's Rabbit Coursing" by Bachelor. 304 Pages + 16 pages of Publisher's adverts. 8 3/4" Tall, 840g. 4 small holes in cloth, one on the letter "k" in the title and the other 3 on the edge of the spine (see photo). Some foxing to half title page and a little light foxing to title page. Only an occasional spot otherwise. Plates in very nice, clean condition. Please ask if you would like more pictures or information. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Mason, Finch; ALEXANDER, R. M.; BRADLEY, Cuthbert (illustrator). 32 tinted full page illustrations. viii + 300pp. plus ads. 8vo, gilt-bordered green leather, original front cover bound into rear; lightly edgeworn and along hinges. London: Fores, 1888. A very good copy.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 vols., plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents; Volume I: (1884-1885). vol. II: (1885-1886). vol. III: (1886-1187). vol. IV: (1887-1888). vol. V: (1888-1889). Subjects; Hunting Great Britain Periodicals. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 5 vols., plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents; Volume I: (1884-1885). vol. II: (1885-1886). vol. III: (1886-1187). vol. IV: (1887-1888). vol. V: (1888-1889). Subjects; Hunting Great Britain Periodicals. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Messrs Fores, Piccadilly W. London, 1885. First Edition set. 29 Volumes complete. Fores s Sporting Notes and Sketches magazine was published for the years from 1884-1912. This is a complete set of 29 volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's red pictorial boards with attractively replaced morocco spines. Spines have raised bands, gilt lettering to two compartments and gilt decorations to remaining four compartments (crossed whips and riding hat, fox s head). With original dark endpapers and all page edges gilt. 928 plates (32 per volume) after Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley and others (the majority tinted duotone lithographs).Tinted duotone lithographs to most volumes, these become black and white plates in the later years. Glossy black and white 'Fores's Illustrated Catalogue' (from 6 to 22 pp) at the rear of each volume followed by advertisements for other Fores's publications. Contents include Sports, Sports Stories, Bicycling, Billiards, Boxing, Cricket, Curling, Equestrian, Fox Hunting, Golf, Horse Racing, Sailing etc. Approximately 8 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition new leather spines to the original pictorial cloth boards. Joints good condition nicely repaired and joined to the boards. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition original pictorial boards, nice and bright condition with wear and marks. Page edges good condition all page edges gilt, some volumes a bit shaken to the page edges but all page edges firmly attached. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition solid and sound, repaired. Paste downs good condition original dark paste downs, some with hand written notes or signatures. End papers good condition original dark end papers, some with hand written notes or signatures. Title good condition some tanning and foxing. Pages good condition repaired plate to page 130 of Vol I, underlining to pages 107-116 of volume I in blue ink concerning Rev John Russell of Parson s Jack Russell fame, minor marginal damage to plate at page 152 of Vol X, otherwise generally clean and tightly bound, some foxing and tanning throughout. Binding good condition attractive and sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1885 Binding: Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. This magazine was published from 1884-1912. This is the first 28 of 29 volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's half red morocco over blue cloth covered boards. Spines have raised bands, gilt lettering to two compartments and gilt decorations to remaining four compartments: crossed whips with a fox's brush and riding hat; duck; horse's head and a horse shoe. With marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. 896 plates (32/vol) after Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley and others (the majority tinted duotone lithographs). Glossy b/w 'Fores's Illustrated Catalogue' (from 6 to 22 pp) bound into the rear of each volume followed by ads for other Fores's publications. Slight unevenness to color of spines (as usual) , minor scuffing to some edges & corners. Condition of covers ranges from VG to VG+. Four volumes have a few flecks of foxing on the front &/or rear endpapers. Top corner of p.136, vol XVIII missing a 1/2" piece. Otherwise the interiors of texts including plates are in near fine condition. . A very handsome set. Inside the front cover of each volume is the armorial bookplate of WILLIAM DUGALD STUART (Esquire, J. P. For co. Beds. Lieut. Colonel Late Bedford Regiment, formerly King's Royal Rifle Corp born Oct. 18, 1860) with the motto: "Avito viret honore." Sports, Sports Stories, Bicycling, Billiards, Boxing, Cricket, Curling, Equestrian, Fox Hunting, Golf, Horse Racing, Sailing etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 8402 pages.