Lot 48Field Sports

[PETER BECKFORD]

Fermé23 November 2009

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[PETER BECKFORD]
Thoughts on Hunting. Sarum: printed by E. Easton, sold by P. Elmsly, J. Ridley, London, and W. Sollers, Blandford, 1781. 4°, half-title, engraved frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani and 2 plates at end (light ink stains on K2r, small soil mark to P1r, light spotting to quire Aa), contemporary half calf (rebacked, old spine relaid). Provenance: Henry Bower (ownership inscription on front blank; ?his ms corrections to quire Aa). FIRST EDITION of this fox-hunting classic. Schwerdt I, p. 56.

SURTEES, Robert Smith. The Horseman's Manual. London: Alfred Miller, 1831. 12°, uncut in contemporary green ribbed cloth, blue paper spine label printed in gilt (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION of Surtees' first book. It remained the only book to bear his name on the title-page. Huth p. 117; Mellon/Podeschi 141. (3)