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Pageantry of Sport from the Age of Chivalry to the Age of Victoria With selections from the writings of William Hazlitt, Pierce Egan, Nimrod, Izaak Walton, Mark Twain, Henry Fielding, Charles Dickens and many others. Illustrated with 16 colour plates and 144 contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings.
by John Arlott and Arthur Daley.
Paul Elek Productions London 1968.
Book: oblong 4to (267 x 388mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped along spine and gilt emblem on front cover. Complete with dustjacket. 129 pages inclusive of illustrations. Fine.
A comprehensive reference acknowleding the contribution of sports and games that England has brought to modern culture.
[Ref: 10465] £45.00
British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring
by Walter Shaw Sparrow.
This Edition Published 1965 by Spring Book, Drury House, Russell Street, London, W.C.2. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk.
Book: 4to (247 x 182mm). Title stamped along spine in gilt. Slight tear and scuffing to dust jacket. Otherwise fine condition.
An illustrated catologue of sporting prints by British artists.
[Ref: 10082] £45.00
The Cricketers of Vanity Fair.
Russell March. Introduction by John Arlott.
Published in Great Britain 1982 by Webb & Bower (Publishers) Limited. 9 Colleton Crescent, Exeter, Devon EX2 4BY.
Book: 4to (306 x 213mm). Dust jacket a little creased around the edges, but otherwise in very fine condition.
An illustrated narrative of Vanity Fair Cricketers divided by nations.
[Ref: 10113] £45.00
English Sporting Prints with 95 Colour Plates.
F.L. Wilder.
Thames and Hudson Ltd. London 1974.
Book: 4to (330 x 235mm). Cloth binding with beautiful guilt stamp of two dolphins on front cover. Dust jacket is a frayed around the edges, but otherwise it is in a fine condition.
A collection of 95 coloured plates of various English sports with narrative and description.
[Ref: 10095] £65.00
George Stubbs. The Complete Engraved Works.
Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Rob Dixon. Tim Clayton.
Stipple Publishing Limited 1989.
Book: 4to (321 x 237mm). Title stamped on spine in gilt. Dust jacket a little creased along edges, but otherwise in very fine condition.
A very comprehensive, concise and coherent illustrated complete one volume narrative of the life and the entire engraved works of George Stubbs.
[Ref: 10097] £160.00
Hunting and Racing Exhibition April 21 - May 10, 1939. Paintings, prints, sculpture. The Baltimore Museum of Art.
[Baltimore] The Baltimore museum of art [1939].
Book: 4to (280 x 216mm). "Map of the course of the Maryland hunt cup in 1931" on lining-papers. Scuffing to the edges.
An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of 1939 held at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
[Ref: 10086] £45.00
Old Sporting Prints.
Ralph Nevill.
This edition published 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited. London. New York. Sydney. Toronto. Hamlyn House, Feltham, Middlesex, England. Spring Books.
Book: 4to (278 x 209mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped along spine. An illustrated catalogue in 92 pages; with dust jacket. Dust jacket worn and torn. Binding a little faded.
A comprehensive guide to sporting prints.
[Ref: 10364] £30.00
Old English Sporting Books
Ralph Nevill. Edited by Geoffrey Holme.
Published by The Studio Limited, London MCMXXIV [1924].
Book: 4to (314 x 252mm). This Edition is limited to one thousand five hundred copies of which this is number 144. Limited edition. Worn red cloth cover, with a few markings and stains.
Catalogue of illustrated sporting prints.
[Ref: 10089] £65.00
The Virgina Museum of Fine Arts. Sport and the Horse.
Introduction by Basil Taylor.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings Assembled at the Museum in Richmond From April 1 through May 15, 1960.
Book: oblong 4to(237 x 271mm). Tatty and torn dust jacket. Otherwise fine.
An illustrated and concise catalogue of the exhibition held at the Virgina Museum of Fine Arts. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-10152.
[Ref: 10084] £45.00
Sporting Aquatints and Their Engravers. Vol. 1. [&] Vol. 2
by Charles Lane.
F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited. Publishers by Appointment to the Late Queen Mary. The Tithe House, Leigh-on-Sea, England. First Published 1979.
Two vols: 4to (280 x 220). Limited to Five Hundred Copies only. Slight tear and scuffing to dust jacket. Otherwise fine condition.
A catalogue of sporting and hunting aquatints including illustrations.
[Ref: 10081] £160.00