BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN: PAST & PRESENT. Compiled and Edited by "The Sportsman". Volume II. (Volume 2 only) by (The Sportsman) - 1908.

GB: British Sports and Sportsmen, 1908. Not dated but about 1908. 487/1000 copies. Full burgundy leather. No list of plates and at least Captain Barclay on page 9 is not pictured. Very many plates are present. Books are in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SOLD AS IS. Examination by appointment. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY Packed weight 8600g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

London: Sports & Sportsmen Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded with crack to hinge. Marbled and gilt endpapers. Aeg. [1908]. Limited Edition (89/1000). Red hardback tooled leather cover. 270mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). 1750pp. Numerous tissue guarded b/w plates. Portraits and biographies of great sportsmen in history who includeJames Ashbury, Lord George Bentinck, Thomas Chaloner, Eigth Duke of Devonshire, George Fordham, Frank Goodall, Captain Hartopp, Lord Palmerston, Edmund Tatersall and the Duke of Westminster to name but a few. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

British Sports and Sportsmen, 1908-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Bound in publisher's 3/4 green cloth over brown boards. Light shelf wear. Top edge gilt. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xxiii, 324 pp. 151 plates in each volume. Engraved bookplate of Spencer Eddy. Volume 1 covers 1776-1825 and Vol. 2 from 1826-1908. Includes foxhunting, racing, cricket, coaching, golf, polo, tennis, yacht racing, shooting, angling, coursing, big game hunting, rowing, etc. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

,Part I, xvi, 168 pages, approximately 150 entries each with photogravure plate with tissue guard, Limited edition of 1000, this one 355. Part II, iv, 169-325 pages, approximately 150 entries each with photogravure plate with tissue guard.

London: Sports and Sportsmen Limited, 1900. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Complete in two volumes. ca. 1900s. Numbered copy 888 of 1,000. Hardcover, folio, in full red leather with gilt titles, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, and dentelles. 325pp total, with tissue guarded engraved portraits of each sportsman covered. Near fine. Minor edge and spine end wear to boards. Contents are very clean and unmarked. Housed in protective mylar. A beautifully bound compendium of great British hunters, jockeys, horsemen, and other sportsmen of the 19th century, with a brief biography and engraving of each. Digital images available upon request. Large set will require extra postage, to be calculated on time of sale. 2vol.

London: British Sports and Sportsmen, 1908. Limited/Numbered. Full-Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bison Shelf Burgundy leather boards,gilt, gilt title, ribbed. This edition is limited to One Thousand Copies of which this is No. 101. Introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson Vol I [4]+i-xxiii+168p,illus,dep,gilt Corners frayed,very light foxing Tp Vol II [6]+169-324p,pl,illus,gilt,dep. Light fray head and tail, corners frayed. Very heavy books extra shipping overseas.World cat states 1908

British Sports and Sportsmen, 1908. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. xxiii plus 325 pages. Many plates tissue guarded. Original two-tone cloth binding (green spines, grey boards), gilt titling to the front boards and the spines, top edges gilt, Small amount of soiling / rubbing. Pages are clean. Binding tight with the hinges starting to crack Overall Very good. Heavy set will cost extra to post abroad.

London : 'British Sports and Sportsmen', 1908. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 15" by 11.5". None. A first edition of the comprehensive British Sports and Sportsmen. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Two volumes, complete. Can command up to £500 but slightly worn here and priced accordingly. This work contains an extensive number of biographies, with portraits, of eminent British sportsmen. With a presentation label from the Turf Club, presented by Lt-Colonel James S. Forbes, July 1949. The first British newspaper entitled The Sportsman began publishing from 1865, some six years after the Sporting Life. It ran until 1924. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. The bindings are generally tight and firm. The hinges are starting, and the inner hinges are strained. Several plates from each volume, and pages 221 and 323 of volume 2 ,are detached. There is significant wear to the extremities, including significant bumping, rubbing, and discolouration.… Read More

London: Sports and Sportsmen Limited No 777 of the limited edition of 1000. Some rubbing to boards, else in very good condition throughout.. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Folio.

London: British Sports and Sportsmen , 1912. 1st Edition. Full Leather. Very Good Minus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Illustrated. Type: Z xxiiipp; pp 168 and an equal number of illustrations pages, being engravings of the sportsmen contained within this volume ( there being 219 in total). Limited edition being number 750 out of a thousand printed. No date - c 1912. Bound in full leather boards with gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine with 5 raised bands to the spine. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. There is some splitting to the lower half of the rear outer hinge, though the board remains firmly attached. The front board though is shaken and appears attached by only a couple of cords. There is rubbing to the head and tail of the spine with some loss to the leather at the head of the spine and several splits to the leather at the tail of the spine. Some scratches and an area of rubbing of 2 cm x 0.5 cm in size to the spine strip with no loss of lettering. There is… Read More