1908 British Sports & Sportsmen Cricket FOX HUNTING Soccer Footballers HUGE 2v
“British Sports and Sportsmen” is a rare, early 20th-century survey of famous hunters, cricketers, footballers, and animal racers of Great Britain – men who held prominent positions throughout England whether political or societal. The unnamed author begins this collection of biographies with figures from the mid-18th-century, most notably Hugo Meynell, the father of modern fox hunting for his role in the Quorn Hunt.
This 1908 limited edition was published as part of only 250 copies. This particular two-volume, folio example is numbered no. 189 and is filled with hundreds of portrait engravings!
1908 British Sports & Sportsmen Cricket FOX HUNTING Soccer Footballers HUGE 2v
“British Sports and Sportsmen” is a rare, early 20th-century survey of famous hunters, cricketers, footballers, and animal racers of Great Britain – men who held prominent positions throughout England whether political or societal. The unnamed author begins this collection of biographies with figures from the mid-18th-century, most notably Hugo Meynell, the father of modern fox hunting for his role in the Quorn Hunt.
This 1908 limited edition was published as part of only 250 copies. This particular two-volume, folio example is numbered no. 189 and is filled with hundreds of portrait engravings!
Item number: #23950
Price: $599
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British sports and sportsmen; past & present
London: “British Sports and Sportsmen”, [1908]. Limited edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete; 2 volumes
- Part I – [4], xxiii, [1], 168
- Part II – [4], 169-325, [1]
- Illustrated with over 300 engravings!
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~15.25in X 11.5in (39cm x 28.5cm)
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23950
Category
European History
Authors
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Printing Date
20th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete