Foress Sporting Notes Sketches by Fores (51 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front. Dark brown lettering on beige (formerly red) spine. 6 1/4" x 9." 304 pages, complete. Thirty-two tinted illustrations (black-and-white colors on brown paper), complete. List of Illustrations in front. Pages are clean and intact except for light age toning throughout, small occasional marks or stains, and foxing and discoloration on first and last few pages in front and back. Covers are clean and intact but spine has faded to beige and there is fading along edges, light rubbing, a few small stains, and bumped corners. A Very Good copy. This the Volume XV issue of Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a quarterly magazine. This magazine was published by the Fores family publishing firm founded by Samuel William Fores (1761-1838), an English publisher and printseller. Samuel became well-known for his Piccadilly print shop. His sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-1858) and Arthur Blucher Fores (1814-1883), continued the family business and focused on publishing sporting prints. The Foreses' company continued to operate for many decades thereafter. This issue includes many brief sketches and anecdotes relating to the world of hunting, sporting, and other forms of outdoor recreation. Also included is one sketch about California titled, "Californiana." The following are the titles of the contents with their respective authors (if applicable): "Fox-Hunting in Relation to Life" by Cuthbert Bradley, "The Secret Telegram" by the "Author of Racing for Gold, &c.," "The Evergreen Gorse" by "Brentingby," "Who Shot the Fox?" by Finch Mason, "Christmas at the Bear" by Nathaniel Gubbins, "Wild-Fowl and Sea-Fowl" by L. Clement, "Winning the Pony" by Fox Russell, "The Professor's Eye-Glass" by R. Pardepp, "With the Salmon on Loch Tray" by "Sandy," "Meltoniana" by "Tom Markland," "On Colours in Horses" by Ames Savile, "Imprisoned in a Geyser" by Wilf Pocklington, "Wild Bosnia" by "Snaffle," "Amateur Umpires" by R. Mordaunt, "A Prophet in His Own County" by "Fusbos," "Our Ursine Adventures" by "Rellim," "The Everley Turk" by "H. H.," "A Meltonian Retrospect" by "Pigskin," "Outridden" by Russell, "A Fox-Shooting Party" by Seth Halliday, "Hoodwinking the Handicapper" by Mason, "There's Many a Slip" by S. Clement Southam, "Hoist with His Own Petard" by Guy Gravenhill, "The Mark of the Heriot's Hoof" by Meadow Brown, "Working the Courses" by Russell, "A Ride on a Tidal Wave" by Pocklington, "Polo Bewitched" by Bradley, "A Great Fight" by "Chameleon," "A Bad Five Minutes" by Frank Aubrey, "Won at Last" by Mason, "The Badgers of Badgworthy" by "Peep Out" and "Snowstorm," "The Three Queens" by "Markland," "A Cingalese Romance" by "Rellim," "The Skipper's Cup" by "Rockwood," "A Strange Kettle of Fish" by Clifford Cordley, "Californiana" by "Kirly Hare," "The Fascination of Birds" by Major-General R. Bracken, "Fatty" by Mason, "Meltoniana" by "Markland," "Sensational Cricket in 1898" by Somerville Gibney, "The Grouse Lodge Sweepstakes" by "Rockwood," "A Desperate Encounter" by "Willow," "Capercailzie Shooting in Germany and Austria" by Clement, "Peccaries in Mexico" by Pocklington, "Lost in the Arctic Regions" by J. Russell Jeffreson, and "Notes on Novelties.".…

Condition: Good. *FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING until Mnoday, Oct. 19* first edition, viii, 300, 16 (catalogue) pp., illustrated, original decorated pictorial cloth, a.e.g., book plate to the front paste down, covers worn at extremities, text slightly darkened, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches: No. 1 April 1884. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 238 pages. No dustjacket. TATTY/SHABBY at least 1 plate is MISSING most are present. Red pictorial hardback binding much rubbed, 2cm losses to spine-ends, 1cm hole to spine, wear to boards' corners some blanching, hinges strained, nevertheless an interesting old volumne. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated pictorial red cloth, all edges gilt (spine faded and some light wear at edges). Pp. viii + 304 + 8, illus with tinted plates (front and rear prelims rather spotted; n inscriptions).

Condition: Gut. 304 Seiten, 8 und 8 Seiten Anzeigen, 32 (farbige) Tafeln, Mit 32 Tafeln. Provenienz: Charles R. C. Hibbert (heraldisches Exlibris; 1852-1935). - Rücken etwas blass. Sonst sauberes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. Due to new EU packaging regulations, we are currently unable to ship to many EU countries. Shipping to Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, and the Baltic states is possible. Deliveries to border-based parcel lockers or cross-border parcel forwarding services remain possible. Shipping to all countries outside the EU also remains possible. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1001 OLnbd., umlaufender Farbschnitt, 23 x 15 cm.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: Very Good. *FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING until Mnoday, Oct. 19* vol. 9 only, first edition, viii, 304, 16 (catalogue) pp., illustrated, armorial bookplate, original elaborately decorated & pictorial hard covers, a.e.g., minor rubbing to covers, text slightly darkened, very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 p.; 23 cm. Subjects: Sports ; Periodicals; Sports; Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1885). 1885 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 224mm). Ppviii,238 + 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Illustrated with 32 full-page illustrations on tinted paper. Ornately decorated red cloth, printed in black and gilt, hunting image in gilt on upper board and the same image blind-stamped on lower board, bevelled edges. Corners rubbed, slight foxing, inner hinges slightly tender. Overall a nice clean good-plus copy. This, the first annual volume, contains 33 articles on sport: racing; hunting; coaching; deer stalking; game bird shooting; curling and angling. The angling chapters include: "Thames Trout Fishing" by J.P. Wheeldon; "Trout And Salmon Fishing" by 'Rockwood'; "A Bare-faced Case Of Poaching" by 'Scramo'; and "A Queer Day On Loch Leven" by R.M. Alexander. This quarterly magazine was initially sold in wrappers, but each year was also published as a hardbound book in a uniform decorative cloth binding. This, the first such volume was published in 1885, and the last was in 1911. .…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 p.; 23 cm. Subjects: Sports ; Periodicals; Sports; Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches | No. 1 April 1884 | Messrs. Fores London | Taschenbuch | 372 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337092436 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 29 volumes : plates ; 24 cm. Subject: Sports Great Britain ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. XI (only): 304 pages. Subjects; Sporting Notes. Sporting Sketches. Sporting Magazines. British Sport. Indian Sport. Colonial Sport. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original red decorated cloth, covers dampstained, contents nice and clean, pp304.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original decorated red cloth, , front joint little split, 32 plates, nice clean copy. pp304.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original red decorated cloth, spine damp stained, contents nice and clean pp304.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original decorated red cloth, , spine little faded 32 plates, little foxing, nice clean copy. pp304.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With 32 plates, original red decorated cloth, pp238, bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original red decorated cloth, little marked, 32 plates little foxing, , pp304, contents nice and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original red decorated cloth, 32 plates, good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original red cloth, little worn, 32 plates, bookplate.