Fugitive Sporting Sketches

Published by Westfield, WI, 1879

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA

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Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's terrcotta embossed cloth over bevelled boards, titled in gilt to front board. 148pp.; [8] illustrated ads to rear. Strong and robust, scuffing and some bumping to corners, softening to spine ends and some discoloration of the spine panel, some light soiling in places; internally clean and fresh, coated brown endpapers with the red leather booklpate of pre-eminent sporting bookdealer and bibliographer Ernest R. Gee to the front pastedown, small chip to the gutter with some loss, and a repaired closed tear to the upper edge of the front flyleaf, presentation inscription from "Will Wildwood" to upper corner of title page, otherwise bright and handsome. A very good strong copy. Inscribed by Wildwood (F.E. Pond) who edited and contributed the work after the death of Herbert, to H.M. Joralemon. The work was published simultaneously in cloth and paper wraps, with the obvious corollary that the cloth copies have endured the passage of time much better. Ernest R. Gee was the consummate pinnacle of mid-20th century sporting bookdealing, with a noticeable habit of securing copies of some of the rarest works in the field into his own library (a slippery slope for a bookdealer), his bookplate alone is often something of an assurance of collectability. [VanWinkle 73].…

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Title
Fugitive Sporting Sketches
Author
[SPORT] FORESTER, Frank [Pseud: HERBERT, Wiliam Henry]; WILDWOOD, Will [Pseud: POND, F.E.]
Publisher
Westfield, WI
Publication year
1879
Edition
First Edition.
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We maintain an inventory of more than 50,000 items, including out-of-print and rare books, pamphlets, graphics, and ephemera, most in our specialty areas of Radical Thought and Modern Literature but including a large selection of fine books in all fields. Only a fraction of our inventory is catalogued for on-line sales. We also issue 2 to 4 printed catalogs each year of items in our specialisation. Though we are a private-premises business, our books are priced and organized for browsing. If you would like to visit our showroom, please contact us by e-mail or telephone as far in advance of your anticipated visit as possible. We'll do our best to accommodate you!…

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Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA

661 Millwood Ave, Ste 206
Winchester, VA U.S.A. 22601