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Fore’s Sporting Notes & Sketches. 1891-1901. Eleven Volume Set. A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, and Foreign Sport. Illustrated by Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley, and Others. Complete Set of Eleven Volumes VII - XVIII.
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Messrs. Fores, Piccadilly, 1891 - 1901. Eleven Volumes. Hardbacks, approx 9 x 6 inches. Bound with original pictorial black and gilt decorative red cloth boards, blind embossed on rears, and later leather fine binding to spines, with raised banding, gilt lettering and sporting vignettes. Dark grey endpapers, full gilt page edging. In very good conditions. Stunning later leather spines, Some minor rubbing to designs on front boards, with some minor fading and rubbing to cloth on corners and edges. Else covers are still very clean and bright. Endpapers clean, but have darkened the front halftitle pages and last final pages. Some foxing to main title pages, contents etc, with some foxing to inside pages at outer edges. Else pages and plates overall all clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight set. 11 volumes. Complete years 1891 to 1901. (Volume numbers VII to XVIII) Illustrated with many full page B&W plates (mid-tan plates with black print and white highlight.)
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89000
- Title
- Fore’s Sporting Notes & Sketches. 1891-1901. Eleven Volume Set. A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, and Foreign Sport. Illustrated by Finch Mason, R. M. Alexander, Cuthbert Bradley, and Others. Complete Set of Eleven Volumes VII - XVIII.
- Author
- FORES' S:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Messrs. Fores, Piccadilly, 1891 - 1901
- Keywords
- Sports & Pastimes Fore’s Sporting Notes & Sketches, sports & Pastimes, Illustrated Books, Fox Hunting, horse racing, Magazine, turf, chase, game, hunting, poaching, deer, shooting, fishing, hounds, polo, yachting, sailing, dogs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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