342. [-] Another Edition. With 16 colored illustrations by Henry Alken. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1869 A Sporting Fine copy of the revised and enlarged Third Edition. 343. [] Handley Cross; or, The Spa Hunt. -] Tale. 3 vols., 8vo, original boards, cloth backs, paper labels, unLondon: Henry Colburn, 1843 cut. 344. VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. FIRST EDITION. 345. [] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Colored illustrations and woodcuts by John Leech. 8vo, cloth (re-hinged and worn). London, 1854 AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION FIRST EDITION with the Leech illustrations. COPY. -] 346. [] Hawbuck Grange; or, the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq. With 8 illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, cloth, uncut. In cloth case (hinges repaired). London, 1847 347. [] Another Edition. 8vo, full red levant, gilt panelled back and inside borders, gilt top. London, [1847] COLLECTED SET OF SURTEES, FIRST EDITIONS 348. SURTEES (R. S.). Collected Set of his Celebrated Sporting Novels, All FIRST EDITIONS, BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS, as follows: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. 1853. Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. 1854. 66 The excessively rare FIRST ISSUE, in which Leech's name appears in the Preface. 'Ask Mamma;" or, the Richest Commoner in England. 1858. "Plain or Ringlets?" 1860. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. 1865. All illustrated with the famous humorous colored plates of John Leech. Together 5 vols., 8vo, uniformly bound in full red levant, gold inside dentelle borders, gilt tops, other edges entirely uncut, WITH THE ORIGINAL SALMON-COLORED PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED and bound in at end of each volume (with the exception of "Handley Cross," which has trimmed edges and no wrappers), ALL BEING BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL PARTS. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853-65 FIRST ISSUES OF EACH VOLUME. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH DRAWINGS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM LEECH 349. [SURTEES (R. S.).] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. Colored plates by John Leech. 8vo, old wine-color calf, gilt back and border, gilt edges. London, 1853 FIRST EDITION. A MOST INTERESTING COPY, BEING A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, with inscription on fly-leaf. There is also a quotation from Horace written on the title-page, by the author. The volume is further enhanced with pen-and-ink drawings on margins and fly-leaves at front and end, WHICH BEAR EVERY EVIDENCE OF BEING BY SURTEES HIMSELF. Of these humorous sketches there are no less than 22, some of which bear captions in Surtees' hand. Inserted is an A. L. s. from John Leech to Mr. Bradbury the publisher in regard to a meeting (after seeing Mr. Surtees), WHICH WAS UN DOUBTEDLY IN REFERENCE TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THIS WORK. 350. [] Another Edition. With illustrations in color by John Leech. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1856 FINE COPY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, Edited by Henry W. Herbert-Frank Forester." 351. Hillingdon Hall; or, the Cockney Squire. A Tale of Country Life. With 12 full-page illustrations by Wildrake, Heath, and Jellicoe, colored by hand. 8vo, original salmon-colored cloth, gilt vignettes on back and front cover, entirely uncut. London: John C. Nimmo, 1888 This FIRST EDITION with the colored plates. Necessary to complete a set of Surtees Firsts, as it is one of the best of his Sporting Novels. is a fine copy, as new. 352. [] Another copy. 8vo, cloth, uncut. [ FIRST EDITION. London: Nimmo, 1888 353. [—] A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. July 21, 1863. To Mrs. Green. Regretting that he cannot consider her application for help, as he always leaves "the Patronage to the gentlemen who discharge the duties appertaining to the office of Justice." He has not been to Quarter Sessions for nearly 20 years. 354. TAYLOR (HUMPHREY R.). The Old Surrey Fox Hounds. A History of the Hunt from its Earliest Days to the Present Time. Colored frontispiece and 13 other illustrations. 4to, cloth, gilt top. London, 1906 FIRST EDITION. 355. THIRTY-SIX HINTS TO SPORTSMEN. 24mo, polished blue calf, line-tooled, gilt top, by Zaehnsdorf, original marbled wrappers bound in as issued. Okehampton: Simmons, n. d. Said to have been written by Albany Sairle, who was Master of a well-known pack of Harriers in the West of England. 356. Another copy in the original marbled wrappers. 357. THOMSON (COL. ANSTRUTHER). Three Great Runs. The Waterloo Run; the Greatwood Run; the Harlequin Run. Maps and fine portraits and illustrations from photographs. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut (shaken). Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1889 358. TIPTREE RACES. A Comic Punning Poem, à la Hood's celebrated "Epping Hunt," by C. C. With an Appendix, containing an interesting Historical Account of Tiptree Heath and Priory, etc. 16mo, original blue printed wrappers (back one soiled), in new cloth covers. London, 1834 VERY SCARCE. 359. TRAFFORD (SIR HUMPHREY F. DE). The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland, their Masters and Huntsmen. Colored frontispiece and numerous fine photogravure plates and half-tones. Folio, half red morocco (rubbed), gilt top. FIRST EDITION. London, 1906 360. TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). Hunting Sketches. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1865 FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. 361. TURBEVILE (GEORGE). The Noble Arte of Venerie or Hvnting. Woodcuts. Small 4to, boards, uncut. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908 Reprint of the Black Letter Edition of 1576. 362. TURNER (C.). HUNTING INCIDENTS, in a series of 5 beautifully colored plates by C. Turner. Oblong 4to, half morocco, with label on side. London: 1813 VERY SCARCE. 363. TURNER (MOSS S.). Hunting Notes with the Cheshire and Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds, 1883-1884. Humorously illustrated. Oblong 4to, boards. 364. TYNDALE HOUNDS. A Romantic Drama in Two Acts. FIRST EDITION. London, n. d. Run with the Tyndale Hounds. 365. VERNET (C.). Vernet's Horses, containing a Selection of 40 interesting subjects. 40 fine colored plates of Horses, lithographed by E. Purcell. Oblong 4to, half calf. London, 1822 FINE COPY OF THIS VERY RARE WORK, WITH THE PLATES IN BRILLIANT COLORINGS. 366. VINE HUNT. Recollections of the Early Days of the Vine Hunt, and of its Founder William John Chute, of the Vine. Together with brief Notices of the adjoining Hunts, by a Sexagenarian. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1865 FIRST EDITION. Inscribed on fly-leaf From the Author." of E. H. Palmer. Bookplate 367. VYNER (R. T.). Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on FoxHunting. To which is added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book. Illustrated with numerous fine lithographed plates after Henry Alken. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London: Published for the Author, 1841 FINE COPY OF THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION, with 3 additional plates by Landseer inserted. This work contains lists of nearly all the Packs of Hounds in England. Inserted is an A. L. s. from Mrs. Vyner, and a portrait of the author and a list of the subscribers to the work have been loosely laid in. 368. [WARBURTON (R. E. E.).] Hunting Songs, Ballads, &c. With 13 full-page colored plates, besides vignettes in color. 8vo, cloth. Chester, 1834 THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION WITH COLORED PLATES. Author's Presentation copy, with inscription on half-title "from the Author." UN USUAL IN THIS STATE. 369. Three Hunting (foxed), by Hablot K. Browne. (hinge repaired). VERY SCARCE. Songs. Etched title and plates 370. WASE (CHRISTOPHER). Grati Falisci Cynegeticon, or A POEM OF HUNTING by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and Illustrated by Christopher Wase. 12mo, crimson crushed levant, richly tooled back, inside borders, gilt edges by Riviere. London: Printed for Charles Adams, 1654 FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest Sporting Poems in the English language, and of special interest as being prefaced by a very spirited threepage Sporting Poem by EDMOND WALLER, which appears in no collected edition of his Works: "Here Huntsman with delight may read And how to change and mend the Breed." 371. [WEARE (WILLIAM).] The Fatal Effects of Gambling, exemplified in the Murder of William Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer and his Accomplices. Numerous portraits and plates. 8vo, half wine-color morocco, gilt top. London, 1824 Added to the above is "The Gambler's Scourge, a complete exposé of the whole system of Gambling in the Metropolis. 372. WESTERN HUNT. Original MS. Account Book of the Western Hunt, 1828-30, containing full details of the Expenditures, Receipts, Subscriptions, Records of Runs, etc. 12mo, sheep. A MOST INTERESTING MANUSCRIPT, containing details in connection with the hunt not usually available. SPLENDID UNCUT COPY OF "THE ENGLISH SPY" 373. WESTMACOTT (W. M.). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. Drawn from the life by Bernard Blackmantle. The illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank. Illustrated with 71 full-page highly colored plates, of which 67 are by Robert Cruikshank, 2 by Thomas Rowlandson, and one each by T. Wageman and G. M. Brightly; also 36 woodcuts in the text by Robert Cruikshank and Hughes. 2 vols., royal 8vo, full green crushed levant morocco, gold tooled corners on sides, heavily gold tooled backs and inside borders, gilt tops, other edges uncut, with the ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF PART 1 bound in the first volume, by Zaehnsdorf. London: Sherwood, Jones & Co., 1825-6 FIRST EDITION. A remarkably fine uncut copy, in immaculate condition, very handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf. The suppressed Rowlandson plate is present. The scandalous nature of this work is too well known to need further elucidation. 374. [WHITE (C.).] Sporting Scenes and Country Characters. By Martingale. Illustrations on wood. 12mo, original gilt glazed boards (hinges cracked and pp. foxed). London, 1840 FIRST EDITION. Contains chapters on Fox Hunting, Coursing, Stag Hunting, Duck Shooting, Fly and Float Fishing, etc. 375. WHYTE-MELVILLE (G. J.). Works. Colored frontispieces on Japan paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white. 24 vols., 8vo, buckram, gilt tops, uncut. London: W. Thacker and Co., 1902 A FINE SET OF THIS LIMITED EDITION. 376. WILLIAMS (ROGER D.). Horse and Hounds. Portraits and illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Lexington, 1905 377. WOLSTENHOLME (DEAN). COURSING. A series of 4 brilliantly colored aquatint engravings by Sutherland after Wolstenholme. Comprising: Going Out. Hare's Last Effort. The Death. Oblong folio, original printed wrapper in cloth folder. London: R. Ackermann, 1823 A Superb Copy of this EXCESSIVELY RARE BOOK, having brilliant impressions of the plates. 378. WOODMAN, pseud. A Few Lines on the Hunter, the Charger, and the Roadster. 16mo, limp boards (back a little worn), in full roan covers. London, 1872 379. WOODWARD (G. M.). Every Body in Town. A Series of 6 plates. Every Body Out of Town. 6 plates. Together, 12 plates, 4to, drawn by Woodward, engraved by Sansom (one by Barrett), and brilliantly colored; each plate delineating a spirited and humorous colloquy between two persons, with their speeches engraved on the plate. Enclosed in cloth case. Without date or imprint. [London, 1796] Very Rare. The margins have been trimmed to the captions, but the plates are in excellent condition. Musical Amateurs. A Series of 6 Caricatures, as fol 380. lows: A Falsetto. A Quintetto. Sticcatto. A Solo. Il Pensoroso (sic). Drawn by Woodward, etched by Roberts, and colored by hand. 6 plates, royal 4to, all but one trimmed through plate mark into caption. Enclosed in cloth folding case. London: P. Roberts, 1800 Rare in any condition. The plates bear appropriate engraved quotations from Congreve, Dryden, Milton, Shakespeare, etc. |