SPORTING SKETCHES WITH PEN AND PENCIL. By Francis Francis and A.W. Cooper.
1878 1st edition. 4to (220 x 284mm). x pp + 176 + x pp advertisements. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates and 24 vignette engravings by Alfred W. Cooper. Green cloth, spine and upper board titled and decorated in black and gilt, all edges gilt. Price one guinea.
A handsome Victorian book covering all field sports from woodcock shooting to pike fishing. The full-page engraved plates range from punt-fishing and rabbit shooting to a fine portrait of W.H. Aldam, grayling fishing on a Derbyshire stream.
A handsome Victorian book covering all field sports from woodcock shooting to pike fishing. The full-page engraved plates range from punt-fishing and rabbit shooting to a fine portrait of W.H. Aldam, grayling fishing on a Derbyshire stream.
£160.00
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Book Code
14399
| Author | Francis (Francis). (1822-1886), and Alfred W. Cooper. |
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| Book Code | 14399 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Slightly shaken, so inner hinges cracked, but a good clean copy. From the library of angling writer Peter Wheat, with his fishing bookplate loosely laid in. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1878 |
| Publisher | "The Field" Office. |
| Place | London. |