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author:
ROBINSON, B. Fletcher.
title:
SPORTING PICTURES.
year:
c.1900
description:
36 large tipped-in coloured plates. Original pictorial coloured and gilt cloth, very lightly rubbed, a lovely copy. Large folio 420 x 320mm. The plates are by various artists - including Lancelot Speed, Maud Earl, George Wright, Thomas Blinks, Archibald Thorburn etc. They depict a wide range of sports - cricket, golf, football etc. but the majority of of country sports, mainly hunting scenes, with some shooting, angling and stalking. This is now a very scarce volume due to scoundrel print dealers taking out the plates and selling them framed. Each plate is accompanied by a single page of text by Fletcher Robinson.
price:
£400.00
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5 September 2008