FORES'S SPORTING NOTES AND SKETCHES. A Quarterly Magazine descriptive of British and Foreign Sport. Illustrated by Finch Mason and R.M. Alexander. Volume I. 1884-1885.

Published by Messrs. Fores. London. 1885

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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

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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. .…

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Title
FORES'S SPORTING NOTES AND SKETCHES. A Quarterly Magazine descriptive of British and Foreign Sport. Illustrated by Finch Mason and R.M. Alexander. Volume I. 1884-1885.
Author
Fores.
Publisher
Messrs. Fores. London. 1885
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd

Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd,, Bull House, 15 Penrallt Street
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